House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup, all but ensuring the Speaker will keep the gavel through the remai… Source link
Why Joe Biden should not be Morehouse College’s commencement speaker
Amid growing discontent about America funding Israel’s bombing of Gaza, President Joe Biden is set to give the commencement speech at Morehouse College on May 19. Morehouse, a 157-year-old historically Black college in Atlanta, extended the invitation to Biden in September, the month before Hamas launched a deadly attack in Israel and took hostages. But […]
Speaker Johnson continues facing backlash over Ukraine aid
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. What to expect from opening statements in hush money trial 11:16 Now Playing Speaker Johnson continues facing backlash over Ukraine aid 08:17 UP NEXT ‘This is a very different Passover’ this year, says rabbi 11:34 Author thinks new book on […]
Rep. Crockett on why Dems won’t save Speaker Johnson
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. New NBC News polling shows Biden closing the gap with Trump 07:07 Legal analyst: Expect a ‘tug of war over Michael Cohen’ in Trump’s hush money opening statements 10:39 NATO Secretary General: Ukraine aid is ‘not too late’ but the […]
Speaker Johnson on threats of a possible ouster
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. The legacy of the Columbine shooting 25 years later 05:48 Now Playing ‘Let the chips fall where they may’: Speaker Johnson on threats of a possible ouster 07:01 UP NEXT Top Dems disagree on whether to save Johnson’s Speakership 11:58 […]
Speaker Johnson makes remarks after Houses passes foreign aid for Israel and Ukraine
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Biden says national security package will deliver ‘critical support’ 01:36 Now Playing Speaker Johnson makes remarks after Houses passes foreign aid for Israel and Ukraine 04:52 UP NEXT FISA surveillance power renewed moments after it expired 04:03 House passes bill […]
Will Trump get involved in the House speaker fight?
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Will Trump get involved in the House speaker fight? 05:40 UP NEXT U.S. bracing for ‘rocky few months’ ahead in Middle East conflict 08:00 House votes to advance bills for Ukraine and Israel aid 03:12 Iran is ‘not […]
Speaker Johnson ‘going to survive’ threats by fellow Republicans to oust him
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Trial will take on ‘evocative life’: Jury selection resumes in Trump’s hush money trial 08:25 Kennedy family members endorse President Biden 03:37 ‘Trial unlike any other’: Jury selection continues in Trump’s hush money trial 10:51 Now Playing Speaker Johnson ‘going […]
Charges against former state House speaker part of a striking pattern
In recent years, an amazing number of sitting and former state House speakers have run into serious legal troubles, and as The Detroit Free Press reported, the list grew a little longer yesterday. Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield embezzled public and private funds to support a lavish lifestyle of fine dining, ritzy hotels and […]
Why, exactly, does Mike Johnson see himself as a ‘wartime speaker’?
Six months into his tenure, it’s likely that House Speaker Mike Johnson thought the job would be easier. When the Louisiana Republican received the gavel in October — he was, alas, his party’s fifth choice — he almost certainly couldn’t have imagined where he’d find himself in mid-April. Nevertheless, there Johnson sits, watching his members […]