House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that Gaetz is ‘one of the most intelligent members of Congress.’ WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced during a Nov. 13 press conference that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) had resigned his seat in the House of Representatives after being nominated by President-elect Donald Trump as attorney general. Though he’ll
A judge has found that a Philadelphia prosecutor failed to prove Elon Musk’s $1 million voter sweepstakes violated Pennsylvania’s lottery or consumer laws. A Philadelphia judge ruled on Tuesday that District Attorney Larry Krasner did not provide sufficient evidence to prove that Elon Musk’s $1 million voter sweepstakes was an illegal lottery under Pennsylvania law,
The win vaults McClain into the four-membership leadership team that will run the House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. WASHINGTON—The House Republican Conference on Nov. 13 elected Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) as its chair for the next Congress. The party is poised to retain its majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the
Vice President Kamala Harris turned down a Joe Rogan podcast interview over fear of backlash from the progressive wing of her party, the Financial Times reported Wednesday. “There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash,” said Jennifer Palmieri,
‘We will find someone to run against him and win,’ Salem Democratic City Committee chair Liz Bradt says U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) A top Democrat in Rep. Seth Moulton’s (D.) hometown said she would find someone to challenge and replace the Massachusetts congressman for saying he doesn’t want his daughters “getting run
FEC chairman Sean Cooksey is calling on the DOJ’s inspector general to investigate Elon Musk gives away money (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) The Department of Justice violated its own internal policies when it sent a letter—which ended up in the New York Times—warning Elon Musk’s political action committee against its $1 million voter registration giveaway in
Johnson must now win the majority of the full House in the next Congress to retain the gavel. WASHINGTON—The House GOP conference on Nov. 13 nominated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to remain as speaker of the House. Meanwhile, Republicans are on the verge of retaining the House, just one seat shy of a majority, according