Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his post as House Speaker on Tuesday, with eight members of his own party joining Democrats to boot him from the most powerful position in the lower chamber. Republicans will now, presumably, elect a replacement. It’s unclear who is in pole position to win the job, but there’s no rule requiring nominees to be members of Congress, a wrinkle that led some to float Donald Trump for the gig ahead of McCarthy’s election in January. The former president has since been criminally indicted four times,...
- 10/4/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The upper ranks of Donald Trump’s campaign and political operation exploded in jubilation on Tuesday, mocking Ron DeSantis’ staff as a bunch of “amateurs,” with multiple officials belly-laughing with one another over how much Trump had — in their verbiage — “cuck[ed]” the Florida governor on securing endorsements from the state’s congressional delegation, according to three sources familiar with the internal chatter.
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
Team Trump’s rollout of Florida endorsements on Tuesday was part of a plan to subvert DeSantis in his own state that the former president’s staff has...
- 4/19/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
House Republicans are preparing to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the Foreign Affairs Committee, with a vote coming as soon as Wednesday. Why? It could be because they just don’t really like her — for some reason! — or perhaps it’s because they want to get back at Democrats for removing Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) from their committees for suggesting violence against their political opponents.
Republicans say they want Omar off the committee because of her past criticism of Israel. In response...
Republicans say they want Omar off the committee because of her past criticism of Israel. In response...
- 2/1/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday debated recently introduced legislation called the Protecting Our Kids Act, which would prohibit people under 21 years old from buying semiautomatic guns and put restrictions on high capacity magazines, among other things.
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who attended the hearing from his home by videoconference, used the opportunity to complain that at least three guns that he owns would be “banned” under the proposed law because lower capacity magazines don’t fit them. He decided to brandish them, too.
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Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who attended the hearing from his home by videoconference, used the opportunity to complain that at least three guns that he owns would be “banned” under the proposed law because lower capacity magazines don’t fit them. He decided to brandish them, too.
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- 6/2/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans were quick to fall all over themselves to hail Sen. Joe Manchin (D-w. Va.) as a hero who saved Christmas for publicly opposing President Biden’s social spending package. The centrist Democrat said that he “is a no” and will not support Biden’s Build Back Better social spending plan.
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t,” Manchin told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Sunday, prompting gushing praise from the right-wing.
“I very much appreciate Senator Manchin’s decision not to support Build Back Better,...
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation. I just can’t,” Manchin told Fox News’ Bret Baier on Sunday, prompting gushing praise from the right-wing.
“I very much appreciate Senator Manchin’s decision not to support Build Back Better,...
- 12/19/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Mueller hadn’t testified before a Congressional committee in a while, and it showed. The last time was when he was FBI Director under President Obama, more than six years ago. I won’t ascribe his rustiness or halting speech to his 74 years, because I’m neither a doctor nor an asshole. I don’t know whether he was old, tired, a bit unprepared, is usually boring, or whether he might have simply tried to not to be used as a partisan tool by either the Democrats or Republicans in a made-for-television event.
- 7/24/2019
- by Jamil Smith
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Mueller on Wednesday explicitly contradicted a claim from President Trump: that Mueller sought to become the new FBI director after James Comey was fired in the spring of 2017.
In the hours before the former special counsel’s appearance before Congress, Trump claimed Mueller applied and interviewed for the position, but was turned down. He even cautioned Mueller against denying the president’s claim under oath.
“It has been reported that Robert Mueller is saying that he did not apply and interview for the job of FBI Director (and get...
In the hours before the former special counsel’s appearance before Congress, Trump claimed Mueller applied and interviewed for the position, but was turned down. He even cautioned Mueller against denying the president’s claim under oath.
“It has been reported that Robert Mueller is saying that he did not apply and interview for the job of FBI Director (and get...
- 7/24/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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