Politics

It’s a stunt, of course. The 20 or so Republicans who have opposed Kevin McCarthy‘s bid for the speakership — and thus prevented the House of Representatives from swearing in its members and beginning its business —have claimed they’re doing so in the name of draining the swamp. They’ve put …

Kevin McCarthy is addicted to losing. Twenty-one Republicans did not vote for the House speaker hopeful on the fourth, fifth, and sixth ballots on Wednesday. Twenty voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who was the only Republican to vote for McCarthy on Tuesday before changing his vote on the third …

Kevin McCarthy is having a rough go of it in his quest to become speaker of the House of Representatives. He didn’t come anywhere close to getting the votes he needed on the first or second ballots cast on Tuesday, and drifted even further away from the gavel on the …

Despite everything, George Santos is set to be sworn into Congress on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Republican who won the race to represent New York’s 3rd District has faced intense scrutiny since The New York Times reported last month that he appeared to have made up large portions of his backstory, …

Kevin McCarthy really, really, really wants to be speaker of the House of Representatives. It’s not coming. The 118th Congress began on Tuesday, and though Republicans won control of the chamber last November, a not-insignificant portion of the party remains steadfastly opposed to giving McCarthy the gavel. McCarthy has lost …

Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the soon-to-be House minority leader, has been telling his fellow Democratic lawmakers to think of the next two years this way: The White House is the client, House Democrats are the defense attorney. Indeed, the Biden administration has huddled a coterie of legal, legislative, and communications specialists …

In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, Twitter employees raged at their own company and its leadership, blaming them for the social media giant’s inept handling of Donald Trump and other top MAGA figures’ incitement to violence. “Do you want to have more blood on your hands?”Anika Collier …

Victims advocacy organizations and legal firms managing the cases of those affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks say they have no record of Congressman- elect George Santos’ mother, Fatima Devolder, entering a victims’ compensation claim or participating in any lawsuits related to the attacks. Santos has repeatedly claimed that …

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack withdrew the subpoena it issued to former President Donald Trump, as the probe wraps up and Republicans are set to take control of the chamber in January. “In light of the imminent end of our investigation, the Select Committee can …

As George Santos‘ lies about his past stack up and Long Island prosecutors investigate the Congressman-elect’s admission to having fabricated his backstory, more instances of Santos falsely claiming he is of Jewish descent have emerged. A thread of these lies — compiled by Forward reporter Jacob Kornbluh on Twitter Wednesday …