He has repeatedly touted his electability over Trump, pointed to the “chaos” of his criminal cases and reminded Iowans that Republicans have lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections. “I think we’ve always had a target on our backs because we’re the only ones going up, everyone else is going […]
The vote left Congress in limbo as it struggles to update farm-subsidy and nutrition programs, pass a government funding bill and consider further aid to Ukraine. It was unclear who would succeed McCarthy. McCarthy has repeatedly angered Democrats in recent weeks, including launching an impeachment inquiry into Biden and giving them little time to read […]
McCarthy has spent his adult life in politics, first as a congressional staffer and then as a state legislator, before being elected to the House in 2006. He made an unsuccessful run for first speaker once in 2015, and the election represents the pinnacle of his career. But the speaker’s post has proved a formidable […]
The 76-year-old former president apparently flaunted the attention, posting an irrelevant image showing him sticking his tongue out at Biden from the speaker’s chair during the annual State of the Union address. But the two Gaetz nods were Trump’s only endorsements and the speakership crisis is being seen as another marker of his dwindling influence, […]
US media reported that the rival sides were in talks about setting up a “negotiating group” to iron out their differences, composed of four of McCarthy’s aides and four representatives of renegade Republicans. McCarthy meanwhile told reporters in Congress that he planned to stay in the race and had spoken to his biggest VIP supporter, […]
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Congress has approved more than $100 billion in military and humanitarian aid for the US ally with largely cross-party support. But Republican control of the House strengthens the hand of foreign policy isolationists, fiscal hawks and others who want to stem the eastward flow of taxpayer dollars. The […]