American politician
Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that House Republicans are blurring faces ...
Speaker Mike Johnson says he's blurring Jan. 6 footage so rioters don't get charged
Quick Glance: GOP Blurs Jan. 6 Footage to Protect Rioters
- House Republicans are intentionally blurring faces in Jan. 6 footage to avoid DOJ charges against the individuals involved.
- Johnson emphasizes the importance of the American people forming their own conclusions rather than relying on elected officials' narratives.
- Johnson is releasing the footage to counter the Jan. 6 Committee's depiction of the riot.
- A spokesman for Johnson explains that blurring faces aims to protect private citizens from retaliation by non-governmental actors.
Ultraconservatives are warning new House Speaker Mike Johnson that any attempt to pass Ukraine aid before addressing migrants at the southern border would ... Show more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a fundraising email sent Sunday said he worries that ...
Johnson fundraising email raises concerns over number of LGBTQ youths
Conservatives say Republicans need to fight harder to force Senate and White House's hand on spending ...
House GOP hardliners push Mike Johnson to go full throttle
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday criticized House Speaker Mike ...
Cheney blasts GOP for blurring faces in Jan. 6 tapes
Nothing ‘can change the facts’
“Oath and Honor” immediately sold out, with its recounting of the Jan ...
Buy Liz Cheney’s book for the seditionist in your life, as a gift to the country | Opinion
Quick Glance: Liz Cheney's Warning About Trump's Re-election
- Cheney warns that Trump will attempt to stay in power if elected for a second term.
- She believes the U.S. could become a dictatorship under Trump's leadership.
- Cheney emphasizes the danger of Trump trying to overturn the election again.
- She stresses that voting for Trump would be a vote against the Constitution.
Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney believes a Republican majority in the ...
Cheney says a Republican House majority in 2025 would present a ‘threat’ to the country
Johnson and the Republican leadership team had been ...
The House will vote next week on formalizing its Biden impeachment inquiry, Speaker Johnson says
Quick Glance: House to Vote on Formalizing Biden Impeachment Inquiry
- House Republican leaders plan to vote next week to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
- Republicans lack the votes to pass the impeachment inquiry on the floor, so they plan to vote to officially launch the investigation.
- Republicans argue that the vote is necessary to challenge the White House in court, despite no evidence of wrongdoing by the president.
- Some moderate Republicans now support the impeachment inquiry due to the White House's refusal to provide requested information.
House Republican leaders are planning a vote to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden ...
Biden impeachment inquiry vote planned for next week
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is taking heat ...
Speaker Johnson takes heat from House conservatives over short-term extension of warrantless surveillance powers
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) went after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday ...
Fetterman mocks Speaker Johnson over Biden impeachment inquiry push
‘Oh no!’
The House Freedom Caucus is voicing its displeasure with how a slew of ...
Freedom Caucus issues series of demands on year-end legislation in ‘Policy Festivus’
There is no good time for a book as critical of one's own party as Oath and Honor ...
Liz Cheney is back and unloading on the current leaders of her ancestral GOP
"I think it's something we have to do at this juncture," the speaker said.
Johnson
Impeachment inquiry vote is a ‘necessary step’
Mike Johnson and his business partner Charlie Downs will open Hot Pizza Cold Beer in ...
Team behind Sugarfire and Hi-Pointe to open Hot Pizza Cold Beer downtown
In a private meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson last week, Rep ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged a male Republican got physically aggressive with her
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday fired back at House Speaker Mike ...
Buttigieg fires back at Speaker Johnson over criticism of job performance
He told Republicans to “vote their conscience.”
Speaker Mike Johnson Has ‘Real Reservations’ About Santos Expulsion Vote
Quick Glance: George Santos Expelled from Congress
- House vote: New York Republican George Santos expelled.
- Santos, sixth member expelled in a Congress vote.
- Over 100 Republicans voted with Democrats for Santos' expulsion.
- Santos to be replaced in special election, date not set.
McCarthy's decision to leave the U.S. House puts the GOP in a provocative position.
Kevin McCarthy Taking Revenge on Mike Johnson
Ex-Trump Aide
Quick Glance: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Leave Congress
- Former Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, is leaving the House of Representatives in Washington
- McCarthy, 58, announced in a Wall Street Journal column that he will be leaving Congress after holding and then losing the role of speaker for nine months
- His departure could hamper the party's hopes of retaining the majority next year, as he played a significant role in helping Republicans take control of the House in 2022
- Although representing a safe Republican district in California, his departure will further narrow the already slim Republican majority early next year as Congress tries to avert a partial government shutdown in mid-January
The House speaker is known for his work as a Christian-right operative ...
How Mike Johnson Helped Open The Door To Creationism In Louisiana Public Schools
Congress’s watchdog offers a test for Republicans: Using Congress’s oversight, legislative and appropriations powers to require federal agencies to heed GAO’s ...
thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4340287-congresss-watchdog-offers-a-test-for-republicans/
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene once again introduced a motion to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Greene has said Mayorkas "aided and ... Show more
“Our party believes in the rule of law and due process,” Johnson said, arguing that expelling Santos was in ...
Johnson
Santos expulsion ‘a regrettable day’
Speaker Mike Johnson said to expect a vote next week.
House Republicans to move forward on formalizing Biden impeachment inquiry next week
House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) praised newly ...
House Intelligence chair praises release of Jan. 6 tapes
‘Now people can see the truth’
The speaker of the House headlined an event dedicated to spiritual warfare.
Mike Johnson Claims That God Told Him to Be a “New Moses”
“Everybody who thinks that the election was stolen or talks about the election being stolen ...
Ken Buck blasts his party's hardliners for ‘lying to America’
The Speaker of the House made the reference during a keynote speech for the National ...
Mike Johnson Slammed As 'Megalomaniac' for Comparing Himself to Moses
Lawrence O’Donnell Torches Mike Johnson As ‘Most Pro-Crime Speaker’ Ever: The MSNBC anchor slammed the Republican House speaker as a “cultist in the middle of a ...
huffpost.com/entry/lawrence-odonnell-mike-johnson-jan-6-footage_n_657031c6e4b0a10def8abbea
House Republicans are bringing fresh attention to the Jan. 6 ...
House Republicans ratchet up focus on Jan. 6 amid Greene, Trump loyalist pressure
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said he spoke with Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y ...
Johnson speaks to Santos ‘about his options’ amid threatened expulsion
Quick Glance: Rep. Santos Expects Congress Expulsion
- Rep. George Santos anticipates expulsion from Congress following a House Ethics Committee report.
- Santos defiantly stated he won't resign, but acknowledged his time as a member may soon end.
- House Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest introduced a resolution to expel Santos after Thanksgiving break.
- Many colleagues who previously opposed expulsion now support it, citing the committee's investigation into alleged misconduct by Santos.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene had a bone to pick with the new speaker.
Johnson moves to corral GOP hardliners as tension grows in ranks
An internal Pentagon report says dozens of service members were ...
Plan to release Jan. 6 surveillance footage changes again. Here's what we may really see
Lawmakers in both parties are predicting a GOP battle royal over federal spending at the start of ...
GOP braces for internal battle royal over government spending
Johnson helped lead the effort in the House to reverse Trump's 2020 loss ...
Speaker Mike Johnson meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago after going 'all in' on former president
House Speaker Mike Johnson's grace period, which members have ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson's honeymoon period is over. Congress is still bracing for fights.
His election was a surprise (even to him) and his tenure ...
Mike Johnson’s 9/11 moment
The House speaker comes through for the World Trade Center Health Program
As Mike Johnson ventures into the House Speaker role as one ...
Meet House Speaker Mike Johnson’s inner circle of Senate rebels, Trump officials and veteran aides
Liz Cheney couldn’t have known that Mike Johnson would become speaker ...
Stephanie Grace
Mike Johnson enabled Trump last time. Liz Cheney fears he'd do it again.
The Biden administration is sending an urgent warning to the leaders of the ...
Warning from the White House
"Ukraine will run out of money at the end of the year"
Quick Glance: White House Warning: Ukraine's Funding Running Out
- Biden administration issues urgent warning to congressional leaders about Ukraine's potential funding shortfall in the new year.
- Longstanding dispute between Republicans and Democrats over additional aid for Ukraine comes to a head.
The Republican-led push for a "fiscal commission" to examine Social Security ...
As GOP Pursues 'Death Panel,' Poll Shows 81% Oppose Social Security Cuts
The MAGA-friendly Zionist Organization of America’s event, where Speaker Johnson ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson Had a Love-Fest With a Far-Right Pro-Israel Group
The speaker highlighted the "sense of urgency" over ...
Johnson 'confident and optimistic' about Israel, Ukraine funding package's chances
House Speaker Mike Johnson knows how important Social Security is to hard-working Americans ...
Hey House GOP, Hands Off Social Security and Medicare!
No government funding bills are scheduled to hit the House floor this week, an ominous sign for ...
GOP faces ominous signs in effort to avoid January shutdown
The new Speaker has released Jan. 6 footage with blurred faces, urged Biden's ...
Of Course House Republicans Are Already Souring on Speaker Mike Johnson
The House Majority Leader illuminates what happened behind closed doors after Kevin ...
Steve Scalise reveals what’s really happened since McCarthy’s fall
We expect her big hearing on the former president’s troubling associations any day now.
Elise Stefanik’s Selective Antisemitism Radar
"MAGA Mike Johnson and his fellow Republicans desperately want this commission to give bipartisan ...
House GOP to Hold Hearing on Social Security 'Death Panel'
Johnson's commission would "fast-track" cuts to Social Security and Medicare ...
Mike Johnson's Social Security 'Death Panel' Raises Fears Over Benefits
14% of voters said they viewed Johnson positively while 23% had a negative view of him.
Who is Mike Johnson? More than 40% of Americans don't know, poll finds
Senate GOP negotiators struggling to reach a border deal critical to unlocking aid for Ukraine ...
Senate GOP leans on Johnson as border talks upset conservatives
On the day House Republicans and a smattering of Democrats voted to censure U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib over ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene returns to outsider roots
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who recently made clear his endorsement of Donald Trump in 2024, met with the former president Monday night ... Show more
“Trust me, it’s going to matter a whole lot more going forward ...
Jen Psaki
Forget About 'No-Name' George Santos And Focus On This Republican Instead
For the first time in ages, Congress isn't facing a Christmastime shutdown threat ...
Congress got its Christmas break — and will suffer for it in January
"I've said it all along, MAGA did not do this," Rep. Marjorie Taylor ...
Trump allies resurrect Jan. 6 conspiracies after release of Capitol footage
Congress has taken a step backwards, choosing to kick the can down the road over coming up with bipartisan ...
Schoen
Congress avoided shutdown, lacks a plan
Oath and Honor, obtained by the Guardian ahead of release ...
‘Bait and switch’
Liz Cheney book tears into Mike Johnson over pro-Trump January 6 brief
In the latest episode of ‘On With Kara Swisher,’ Kara speaks with Liz Cheney about her new book ...
Liz Cheney Won’t Run in 2024 If It Could Help Trump
Friday's historic vote to expel Rep. George Santos was well over the required two-thirds ...
George Santos vote
The three Californians against expulsion
Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-Utah) was sworn into the House on Tuesday, officially succeeding former Rep ...
House swears in Utah Republican Celeste Maloy
New Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has spent the last couple years on the House Armed Services Committee ...
Johnson brings defense chops to upcoming spending fight
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the creation of a joint fundraising committee ...
Speaker Johnson announces new joint fundraising committee
Conservatives are losing patience with the new speaker, and if far-right provisions are ...
A toned-down defense bill is looking likely. That could hurt Johnson.
The National Republican Congressional Committee raised slightly over $5 million ...
House Republicans are quarreling and their campaign arm fundraising has slowed
Vulnerable Republicans say others will step up to help ahead of their reelection bids
New York House GOP sees fundraising void without McCarthy cash
House Speaker Mike Johnson will be the keynote speaker at a gala hosted by the National Association ...
Mike Johnson to Keynote Far-Right Christian Nationalist Gala
Before becoming House Speaker, Johnson also suggested the Supreme Court chip away at ...
CNN Airs Audio of House Speaker Mike Johnson Calling Abortion a ‘Holocaust’
House GOP conservatives have demanded steep reductions to the federal budget ...
The far right toppled McCarthy over spending. What has it gotten them?
As long as Republicans control at least one chamber of Congress and refuse to ...
Giving Thanks for Social Security and Staying Vigilant Against a GOP Death Panel
Back in the U.S., a Colorado judge has ruled that Donald Trump “engaged in an insurrection” but that it ...
Colorado Judge Won’t Bar Donald Trump from 2024 Ballot
Rep. George Santos said he spoke with Speaker Mike Johnson and that he was not asked to resign. He said that it's time "to put or shut up and enough of ... Show more
A Republican-generated quagmire in the House over border security and spending levels may drag on ...
U.S. Aid to Ukraine Is in Deep Trouble, to Putin’s Delight
The nation’s highest-ranking Republican, Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson ...
Conservatives and progressives in Colorado Springs size up new speaker
Christian nationalists Jim Garlow and Lance Wallanu joked about their influencer on a ...
Christian Nationalists Laugh About Their Influence at Mar-a-Lago
In a letter to Congress, the White House said “there is no magical pot of funding available” to ...
U.S. Running Out Of Funding For Ukraine, White House Says
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to bring President ...
Speaker Johnson ‘Confident’ Israel And Ukraine Aid Passes Before 2024—But Hard-Right Has Demands
New to NewsWall?
Sign up now to get your own personalized news!
Trending topics