Congress is back from its Easter Break and things are already getting chaotic in the House of Representatives. Amid chatter that House Speaker Mike Johnson may soon face a motion to vacate from Marjorie Taylor Greene, one representative wants to remind Republicans in the lower chamber of their top priority: electing Donald Trump in November.
On Tuesday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who was recently subpoenaed by Arizona prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state, told Newsmax that while he’s “dismayed and disappointed” with Johnson’s performance,...
On Tuesday, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), who was recently subpoenaed by Arizona prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in the state, told Newsmax that while he’s “dismayed and disappointed” with Johnson’s performance,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump supporters in the House of Representatives are pushing a bill to rename Dulles Airport outside of Washington, D.C., after the former president.
On April 2, a group of Trump supporters launched the effort to rename this airport to express admiration for the Republican 2024 presidential candidate.
The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, the secretary of state in the 1950s and during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pennsylvania), the Republican Party’s chief deputy whip in the House, stated that he was introducing legislation to change the name of the airport since Trump was “the best president of” his “lifetime.”
“As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil,” Reschenthaler stated.
“Freedom,” he wrote in an X post on April 2. “Prosperity.
On April 2, a group of Trump supporters launched the effort to rename this airport to express admiration for the Republican 2024 presidential candidate.
The airport is named after John Foster Dulles, the secretary of state in the 1950s and during Dwight D. Eisenhower’s presidency.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pennsylvania), the Republican Party’s chief deputy whip in the House, stated that he was introducing legislation to change the name of the airport since Trump was “the best president of” his “lifetime.”
“As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil,” Reschenthaler stated.
“Freedom,” he wrote in an X post on April 2. “Prosperity.
- 4/4/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Congress has been locked in a death spiral for months, but instead of trying to do anything productive, seven House Republicans are focused on a ploy to rename Washington’s most inconvenient airport after Donald Trump.
The bill was introduced Friday by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), and six cosponsors, and seeks to strip Washington Dulles International Airport of its namesake — Cold War-era Secretary of State John Foster Dulles — and rechristen it Donald J. Trump International Airport.
“In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the...
The bill was introduced Friday by Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), and six cosponsors, and seeks to strip Washington Dulles International Airport of its namesake — Cold War-era Secretary of State John Foster Dulles — and rechristen it Donald J. Trump International Airport.
“In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the...
- 4/2/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Last night on Long Island a relatively inoffensive, centrist establishment Democrat triumphed over the charismatic political newcomer in a swingy suburban district in a race that was dominated by a debate over immigration. Tom Suozzi’s victory in New York’s 3rd Congressional District over Republican Mazi Melesa Pilip is a balm for voters anxious about Joe Biden’s anemic approval ratings and his performance in head-to-heads polls against former President Donald Trump in a general election race poised to be a referendum on border policy.
Like national surveys of the presidential race,...
Like national surveys of the presidential race,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The Senate has finally released its long-discussed, much-debated, bipartisan border package. Despite their demands for many of the increased security measures the bill would provide, House Republicans are setting aside their self-proclaimed commitment to border reform in favor of blocking a potential PR victory for the Biden administration.
Only hours after the 370-page document was released, House Republican leadership was already shutting the doors on its prospects in the lower chamber.
“I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending...
Only hours after the 370-page document was released, House Republican leadership was already shutting the doors on its prospects in the lower chamber.
“I’ve seen enough. This bill is even worse than we expected, and won’t come close to ending...
- 2/5/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
As former President Donald Trump openly condemns the Senate’s border legislation, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told colleagues Saturday he won’t consider a border deal anytime soon. But does that mean Trump is calling the shots?
“Of course not. He’s not calling the shots. I am calling the shots for the House, that’s our responsibility,” Johnson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday.
Trump posted on social media last week that a border bill “is not necessary” and blamed President Joe Biden...
“Of course not. He’s not calling the shots. I am calling the shots for the House, that’s our responsibility,” Johnson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday.
Trump posted on social media last week that a border bill “is not necessary” and blamed President Joe Biden...
- 2/4/2024
- by Gideon Hess
- Rollingstone.com
It’s an election year, which means it’s once again time for Republicans to care about the border. The GOP has done all it can to raise hell over the issue — from holding government funding hostage over their extreme demands, to trying to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, to backing Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s legally dubious crusade against the federal government’s dominion over the border — while blocking efforts to bring about real change. Republicans in the House, for example, are refusing to back a bipartisan immigration deal.
- 1/31/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform.
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
“President Trump failed, along with Republicans … they failed in 2018 to actually move a border security bill to tighten this so that we weren’t dealing with this crisis right now,...
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
“President Trump failed, along with Republicans … they failed in 2018 to actually move a border security bill to tighten this so that we weren’t dealing with this crisis right now,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
For months now, Republicans in the House of Representatives have been holding major legislation hostage and threatening a full-blown government shutdown over their demands for hardline, extreme immigration reforms. Now, as congressional leadership works to finalize a Biden-endorsed immigration reform package, Trump is trashing the deal publicly, and privately referring to anyone in his party who supports it as “stupid.”
Trump has recently told confidants in influential conservative media and political circles that “stupid” Republicans, particularly “RINOs” in the Senate, seem eager to hand Biden a win as he’s sunk in 2024 polls,...
Trump has recently told confidants in influential conservative media and political circles that “stupid” Republicans, particularly “RINOs” in the Senate, seem eager to hand Biden a win as he’s sunk in 2024 polls,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Republicans have been hammering the Biden administration’s immigration policy since the moment he took office. Now, with the clamor for a deal to curb the flow of migrants through the southern border at a fever pitch, a bipartisan Senate deal may be dead on arrival in the House — and on Wednesday Rep. Troy Nehls made clear that the reason is purely political.
“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,...
“Let me tell you, I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a Democrat and to help Joe Biden’s approval rating,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
House Republicans will vote Wednesday on whether to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The party has struggled to gin up a legitimate rationale for moving forward with the inquiry, which has yet to produce any credible evidence of wrongdoing, but one Republican is saying the quiet part out loud.
When Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) was asked Tuesday on Capitol Hill what he’s hoping to gain from an impeachment inquiry, Nehls responded: “All I can say is: Donald J. Trump 2024, baby!”
Republican Rep. Troy Nehls on...
When Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) was asked Tuesday on Capitol Hill what he’s hoping to gain from an impeachment inquiry, Nehls responded: “All I can say is: Donald J. Trump 2024, baby!”
Republican Rep. Troy Nehls on...
- 12/13/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the race to become House Speaker a day after Republicans nominated him for the position in a closed-door meeting. The shocking move comes with the GOP in a state of chaos over the effort to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted from the position last week.
“Our conference still has to come together and is not there,” the Louisiana representative said in a statement. “There are still some people that have their own agendas. And I was very clear we have to have everybody...
“Our conference still has to come together and is not there,” the Louisiana representative said in a statement. “There are still some people that have their own agendas. And I was very clear we have to have everybody...
- 10/13/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The GOP’s search for a new House Speaker has led to mayhem and infighting that has crippled the caucus for weeks now. Despite managing to approve a preliminary nomination of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise in a two-thirds majority vote on Wednesday, by Thursday afternoon House Republicans were publicly stating the speaker negotiations had descended into “utter chaos.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost the caucus vote despite having been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and though Jordan offered to personally introduce Scalise’s nomination to the House floor there...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) lost the caucus vote despite having been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and though Jordan offered to personally introduce Scalise’s nomination to the House floor there...
- 10/12/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump has declared that if needed, he would consider serving as Speaker of the House for a “short period of time” as Republicans work to elect a new House Speaker to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted Tuesday.
Multiple outlets previously reported the former president was mulling a trip to the Capitol ahead of a vote, amid calls from loyalists within the lower chamber. A source familiar with Trump’s recent private discussions told Rolling Stone that Trump has said that he’s open to the possibility of a speakership run.
Multiple outlets previously reported the former president was mulling a trip to the Capitol ahead of a vote, amid calls from loyalists within the lower chamber. A source familiar with Trump’s recent private discussions told Rolling Stone that Trump has said that he’s open to the possibility of a speakership run.
- 10/6/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
In a bold move that could reshape the political landscape, Texas Republican Troy Nehls announced his intention to nominate former President Donald J Trump as the next speaker of the US House of Representatives. Nehls declared, “President Trump, the greatest president of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America first and will make […]
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- 10/5/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
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
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s “field hearing” in New York City over violent crime — an attempted clapback against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s recent indictment of Donald Trump — got off to a chaotic start on Monday. It didn’t get better from there.
As the hearing began, members of the public who were denied access shouted at cops and sundry congressional staffers outside the meeting room, demanding admittance. “Let the public in! Let the public in!” the crowd shouted, moving away from their orderly line along the...
As the hearing began, members of the public who were denied access shouted at cops and sundry congressional staffers outside the meeting room, demanding admittance. “Let the public in! Let the public in!” the crowd shouted, moving away from their orderly line along the...
- 4/17/2023
- by Victoria Bekiempis
- Rollingstone.com
French brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet are known for their documentary about New York firefighters that became “9/11” – an on-the-ground account of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the city. Over two decades later, the brothers have made another docu about an attack on America’s democracy titled “January 6th.” Told from the perspective of the Capitol and Metropolitan police officers, journalists, senators and congressmen, the doc is meant to be an apolitical account of the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Metropolitan Police Commander Robert Glover, and former congresswoman Liz Cheney, are among the 50 survivors who participated in the two-and-a-half-hour Discovery+ film.
The Naudet brothers spoke to Variety about their decision not to interview Capitol insurrectionists, making a film without political bias, and why they specifically wanted to partner with Discovery+.
Did you decide to make a doc about the Jan. 6th attack on the...
The Naudet brothers spoke to Variety about their decision not to interview Capitol insurrectionists, making a film without political bias, and why they specifically wanted to partner with Discovery+.
Did you decide to make a doc about the Jan. 6th attack on the...
- 1/5/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection released its final report on Thursday, concluding that former President Trump intentionally spread false claims about the 2020 election and instigated his supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.
The long-anticipated, 845-page eight-chapter report brings an end to an 18-month investigation during which the committee interviewed over 1,000 witnesses and conducted nearly a dozen public hearings.
“As you read this report, please consider this: Vice President Pence, along with many of the appointed officials who surrounded Donald Trump, worked to defeat many of the...
The long-anticipated, 845-page eight-chapter report brings an end to an 18-month investigation during which the committee interviewed over 1,000 witnesses and conducted nearly a dozen public hearings.
“As you read this report, please consider this: Vice President Pence, along with many of the appointed officials who surrounded Donald Trump, worked to defeat many of the...
- 12/23/2022
- by Ryan Bort and Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a baby formula shortage in the United States. Republican lawmakers and conservative media members are taking frustration out on immigrants.
Fox News hosts have spent the past 24 hours raising hell over immigrant babies at the U.S.-Mexico border receiving formula, arguing that it should instead be distributed to Americans first. “[For] American families there’s a shortage, but if you’re a migrant, don’t worry because Uncle Sam has a stash of that,” Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy said Friday morning.
Earhardt: "Border children, illegal immigrant children,...
Fox News hosts have spent the past 24 hours raising hell over immigrant babies at the U.S.-Mexico border receiving formula, arguing that it should instead be distributed to Americans first. “[For] American families there’s a shortage, but if you’re a migrant, don’t worry because Uncle Sam has a stash of that,” Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy said Friday morning.
Earhardt: "Border children, illegal immigrant children,...
- 5/13/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Marjorie Taylor Greene is pushing a new conspiracy theory.
The Georgia lawmaker claimed on Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using a police force dedicated to monitoring Spanish vegetable soup (typically served cold) to spy on members of Congress. The outlandish claim has no basis in fact.
“Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag,” Greene said on right-wing network Oan. “But now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do,...
The Georgia lawmaker claimed on Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is using a police force dedicated to monitoring Spanish vegetable soup (typically served cold) to spy on members of Congress. The outlandish claim has no basis in fact.
“Not only do we have the D.C. jail, which is the D.C. gulag,” Greene said on right-wing network Oan. “But now we have Nancy Pelosi’s gazpacho police spying on members of Congress, spying on the legislative work that we do,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, with additional coverage details: The first anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will be marked by continuous coverage across the broadcast and cable news networks, as reporters and anchors recount the events of that day while sharing plenty of consternation over what has happened since.
The political polarization that has gripped Washington, and much of the country, will be evident by who is expected to participate in commemoration events. Few Republicans are expected, with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate and House Democratic leaders slated to speak at a ceremony Thursday morning.
Former President Donald Trump, whose false claims that the election was stolen from him led his supporters to storm the Capitol, nixed plans to hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago that would have been a kind of counterprogramming to the D.C. events. While there were reports that Trump’s...
The political polarization that has gripped Washington, and much of the country, will be evident by who is expected to participate in commemoration events. Few Republicans are expected, with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Senate and House Democratic leaders slated to speak at a ceremony Thursday morning.
Former President Donald Trump, whose false claims that the election was stolen from him led his supporters to storm the Capitol, nixed plans to hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago that would have been a kind of counterprogramming to the D.C. events. While there were reports that Trump’s...
- 1/6/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-wy) defended House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to block two Republican congressman from serving on a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Pelosi announced earlier on Wednesday that she would reject Rep. Jim Banks (R-in) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh), two of Donald Trump’s steadfast allies. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-ca) protested and announced that he would pull all of the Republicans he selected for the committee.
Those proposed Republican members does not include Cheney, who Pelosi appointed earlier this month. Cheney told reporters that McCarthy’s remarks blasting Pelosi’s actions were “disingenuous,” as he opposed the creation of a commission, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, to investigate the insurrection.
“At every opportunity, the minority leader has attempted to prevent the American people from understanding what happened, to block this investigation,” Cheney said.
She further criticized McCarthy, saying, “Any...
Pelosi announced earlier on Wednesday that she would reject Rep. Jim Banks (R-in) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh), two of Donald Trump’s steadfast allies. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-ca) protested and announced that he would pull all of the Republicans he selected for the committee.
Those proposed Republican members does not include Cheney, who Pelosi appointed earlier this month. Cheney told reporters that McCarthy’s remarks blasting Pelosi’s actions were “disingenuous,” as he opposed the creation of a commission, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, to investigate the insurrection.
“At every opportunity, the minority leader has attempted to prevent the American people from understanding what happened, to block this investigation,” Cheney said.
She further criticized McCarthy, saying, “Any...
- 7/21/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
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