Mike Johnson wins first speaker ballot, still lacks majority After two rounds of voting, Mike Johnson has the most votes in the House GOP’s latest attempt to nominate a speaker, though he’s still short the majority he needs to become the conference nominee. Three candidates are now out of the running: Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.)…
Mike Johnson wins House GOP’s latest speaker nomination Rep. Mike Johnson won a closed-door contest on Tuesday night to become his party’s fourth speaker nominee. Now, the Louisiana lawmaker faces the same task that felled the three previous aspirants for the job: securing the 217 votes he needs to win on the House floor. After…
Harry and Meghan Mocked in Brutal Clip on Family Guy (VIDEO) Back in February, Harry and Meghan were mocked on South Park. Now Family Guy is getting in on the act. The joke takes aim at the famous couple for getting paid massive amounts of money for doing basically nothing. FOX News reports: Prince Harry…
POLL: Majority of Americans Agree With Eric Adams, Believe Illegal Immigrant Crisis Will Destroy NYC Back in early September, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the illegal immigrant crisis would destroy the city. New polling indicates that a majority of Americans agree with him. It’s worth noting that this issue unites people across…
Hotels in Los Angeles Replace Striking American Workers With Illegal Border Crossers Some hotels in Los Angeles are apparently replacing striking American unionized workers with people who crossed the border into America illegally. Talk about adding insult to injury. Do the people of Los Angeles still like the idea of being a sanctuary city? Do…
We’re off to the races (again): A new field of House Republicans running for speaker is set A group of (largely) familiar faces have declared themselves candidates for House speaker ahead of a 6 p.m. candidate forum, House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik announced. Those include: Rep. Mike Johnson (La.) Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (Tenn.) Rep. Byron…
Senate GOP irked at Trump for tanking latest speaker nominee: ‘Box out the outside influences’ Senate Republicans are peeved that former President Donald Trump’s influence tanked the GOP’s latest speaker nominee, Tom Emmer. Now, they’re hoping House Republicans will just ignore Trump’s takes on the race altogether. “I was disappointed in it,” said Sen. Kevin…
Dan Sullivan working to force votes on delayed Joint Chiefs picks Sen. Dan Sullivan is working to force more votes on nominees for now-vacant spots on the Joint Chiefs, teeing up yet another confrontation in the monthslong blockade of hundreds of military promotions. Sullivan’s office confirmed the Alaska Republican is circulating cloture petitions for Adm….
MEDIA REPORT: Kevin McCarthy Melts Down After Losing Ability to Handpick Next Speaker – Floats Plan to Reinstall Himself as Speaker with Jim Jordan as “Assistant Speaker” Here is the latest in the House Speaker’s race. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is floating the idea that he will be reinstalled as Speaker and Jim Jordan will…
Former NYT Reporter: Americans Seeing Trump Was Right, Coming Out of ‘Woke Slumber’ Former New York Times reporter Bari Weiss sees a “political awakening” happening in the United States, contending that the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel have spurred the change. Weiss made the argument in a Monday piece that she co-wrote with Oliver…