It’s on: The bare-knuckle battle for House GOP leadership spots begins Kevin McCarthy’s expulsion from the speakership is sending ambitious Republicans into a scramble for position — with all rungs of the leadership ladder possibly up for grabs. Reps. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) are already launching bids for speaker, which leaves at…
Scalise officially enters speakership race, setting up clash with Jordan Majority Leader Steve Scalise officially announced he would seek the speakership on Wednesday. The Louisiana Republican has spent years courting conservatives, but he’ll now have to compete with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for that wing of support, with Jordan making his bid for the gavel…
“Protecting Democracy” in Germany: AfD Head Alice Weidel in Hiding After Assassination Threats Campaigning Bavarian style: AfD Chair Alice Weidel (center) with candidate Katrin Ebner-Steiner and Austrian pundit Gerald Grosz before the threats The Chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel is in hiding under police protection after credible threats of…
BREAKING: Jim Jordan Launches Bid for Speaker House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Wednesday announced a bid for House Speaker after Kevin McCarthy was dethroned. 8 Republicans voted to oust McCarthy: Biggs, Buck, Burchett, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Mace, and Rosendale. Chairman Jordan on Tuesday night teased a speakership bid during an appearance on Fox…
Biden’s Dog Commander Caught on Film Biting White House Staffer: Report Days after Politico reported (with a joke of a headline, “Commander’s taste buds”) that White House staffers were saying Joe Biden’s German Shepherd dog Commander only bites Secret Service agents but is warm and cuddly with staff, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday that a…
The rudderless GOP careens toward 2024 There’s no House speaker, Republicans are tearing each other to shreds over Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and another shutdown deadline is less than six weeks away — with no leader in a strong enough position to guide the party through. The history-making spectacle that played out on the House floor…
McCarthy Booted — There is a Disturbance in the Force Normally I shy away from discussing the political kabuki theater of Washington, DC. Especially the political wrestling that defines the U.S. Congress. But the ejection of Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy is a big deal and has direct effects on U.S. foreign policy —…
Kevin Hern, leader of largest House GOP group, weighs bid for the gavel Rep. Kevin Hern, the head of the Republican Study Committee, is gauging support among GOP lawmakers ahead of a potential speakership launch, according to a Republican with direct knowledge. The leader of the largest GOP group in the chamber, Hern arrived in…
Jim Jordan is entertaining a speakership bid Rep. Jim Jordan is having conversations with House GOP allies as he seriously entertains a bid for speaker, two Republicans with direct knowledge told POLITICO. With Kevin McCarthy out of the speakership, the conservative Ohio Republican is weighing jumping into the competitive race to replace him. Jordan, who…
Scalise contacting members to gauge support for speakership bid Majority Leader Steve Scalise is reaching out to members to gauge whether they would support him for speaker, according to three people familiar with the conversations. While Scalise had asserted he would support McCarthy if he ran again, it was an open secret that the two…