In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tom Emmer, a leading Republican candidate to be speaker of the House, baselessly said there were “questionable” practices in the 2020 presidential election. Later, Emmer signed an amicus brief in support of a last-ditch Texas lawsuit seeking to throw out the results in…

Are they a threat to Trump? Ex-prosecutor says one big question remains Former federal prosecutor Elie Honig discusses the plea deals Georgia prosecutors gave Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro in the election subversion case and whether they pose a threat to former President Donald Trump. Read the full article here

As the House enters its third week without a speaker, nearly a dozen Republicans are vying to earn the support of their conference to wield the gavel, throwing the chamber into even more uncertainty. The conference is searching for a new speaker nominee after Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday became…

While events on the other side of the world – and the other end of the US Capitol – have dominated recent news, the race for control of the Senate is a crucial factor in what Washington could look like after next year’s elections. The 2024 Senate map is advantageous…

House Republicans on Monday open the next act of their Washington farce, desperately searching for a speaker after ousting the incumbent and rejecting two would-be replacements while still clueless about how to dig out of the crisis. Congress has seen impeachments, fiscal cliffs, government shutdowns and even an insurrection, but…

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Sunday the US is “concerned about potential escalation” in the Middle East a day after announcing the deployment of additional military assets to the region. “We’re concerned about potential escalation. In fact, what we’re seeing is a – is a prospect of a…

House speaker candidate Tom Emmer, the GOP whip, has moved to lock in support across the ideological and geographic spectrum in the conference, giving him what many House Republicans believe is an advantage heading into a secret-ballot election to nominate their candidate Tuesday, according to Republican sources. But it’s hard…

Then-President Donald Trump told Mar-a-Lago member Anthony Pratt about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday that further show how Trump overshared government material, including with Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. The reports from The New York…

The high-stakes race for House speaker enters a new phase this week, with a slate of new candidates vying for the gavel following Rep. Jim Jordan’s exit from the race. Some of the nine candidates are fresh faces in the race, while others have been here before, either in the…

Turner on House speaker hopefuls: “getting 217 is going to be very difficult” House Intelligence Chairman Rep Mike Turner to CNN’s Jake Tapper: ‘I really hope, in the next several days, as we come together as a Republican Caucus’ Read the full article here