Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., leaves the U.S. Capitol after filing a motion to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from office on Friday, March 22, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will let her fellow House Republicans hear her constituents’ opinions before deciding…
Several Republican candidates in swing state contests joined former President Donald J. Trump after he said abortion access should be left to the states, avoiding mention of a national ban and the party’s division on the issue disclosed. The turnaround was particularly pronounced among several Republican candidates for the US Senate, which the Democrats control…
US President Joe Biden speaks at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on March 13, 2024. Sara Stathas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Allies of President Joe Biden are launching a charm offensive aimed at getting prominent Republicans and donors who don’t support Donald Trump to support the Democratic president. But the…
House Freedom Caucus member U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks during a press conference about federal government spending on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 12, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters After six months of budget impasses, emergency funding measures and near government shutdowns, Congress this weekend finalized the remaining parts of a permanent spending package…
What it means: Fears of rising crime outweigh calls for police reform. Republicans had championed the measure as a way to reduce crime in the state, citing cases in which a minor traffic violation had led officers to investigate drug trafficking and violent crimes. “It’s time to take the handcuffs away from police and put…
Facing the prospect that they may never succeed in impeaching President Biden, House Republicans are exploring a pivot to a different strategy: issuing criminal charges against him and those close to him. In recent weeks, a political and factual reality has emerged on Capitol Hill. Despite their subpoenas and testimony, Republicans in the House have…
Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures attends day three of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2013 at the San Francisco Design Center on September 11, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings | Getty Images A major Republican donor threatened on Tuesday to cut campaign contributions to members of Congress unless they vote for a bill that could…
A spirited President Joe Biden delivered a fiery, partisan State of the Union address Thursday, fitting for an election year with enormous stakes in a divided nation. “Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy here at home been under such attack as they are today,” Biden said at the start…
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies about his failure to disclose his cancer diagnosis and subsequent hospitalizations before a House Defense Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., on February 29, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Republicans criticized Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a hearing Thursday over his handling of his hospitalization in…
Präsident Biden verglich am Mittwoch die aktuelle Generation der Republikaner im Kongress mit rassistischen Gesetzgebern der Vergangenheit und argumentierte, dass die heutige Wahl „schlechter“ sei, weil sie versucht habe, die Legitimität von Wahlen zu untergraben. „Ich habe mit echten Rassisten gedient“, sagte er bei einer abendlichen Spendenaktion in Kalifornien. „Ich habe bei Strom Thurmond gedient….
