Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Sunday said the C-SPAN cameras that televised the drawn-out election for Speaker of the House were a “good thing for our democracy.” "What the American people were able to see unfold on the floor was a good thing for our democracy and our republic, right? It was a good thing for...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) called fellow Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) a “fraud” for fundraising off of his efforts to block Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from winning the position last week. “Matt Gaetz is a fraud. Every time he voted against Kevin McCarthy last week he sent out a fundraising email,” Mace said on CBS's...
President Biden on Sunday was greeted in El Paso, Texas, by Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who earlier in the day was criticizing the administration over not communicating with local officials about the president's trip to the southern border until the night before. Abbott shook Biden's hand on the tarmac and handed him a letter from...
President Joe Biden has a unique opportunity to reverse his administration’s legacy of border security failures during the upcoming North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City. The United States and Mexico have a shared interest in each country securing its respective borders, but over the past two years, the Biden administration’s failed border policies have...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) concessions to far-right lawmakers in order to flip their votes in his favor during the Speakership elections are “just the beginning” of “dysfunction” in the new GOP-led House. “Well, our general concern is that the dysfunction that was historic that we saw this week...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Sunday called the House Speaker election "transformational and sound" that would "really to help the House of Representatives once again become the people's house." "I'm frankly just happy that it's all over with, and that we got something transformational and sound for the American people," Donalds said on Fox's "Sunday...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday accused the Biden team of failing to communicate with local officials about President Biden’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. “Listen, during this entire time, Joe Biden has not called me. He did not call me, nor [did] his staff call, and let us...
The rules package that would govern House procedures throughout the new session of Congress is taking center stage after the drawn-out Speakership election in which Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) fought for the votes he needed to eventually take the top leadership spot. Faced with a group of around 20 lawmakers from his own party...
Court-sanctioned gender discrimination in publicly funded schools would almost certainly serve as a gateway to other well-known forms of discrimination.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin showed support for his team from his hospital bed Sunday as the Bills took the field for the first time since he collapsed during a game last Monday. "Nothing I Want More Than To Be Running Out That Tunnel With My Brothers," Hamlin said in a tweet. "God Using Me...
Former Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) formally resigned from the Senate on Sunday, leaving behind a tenure that was frequently characterized by his opposition to former President Trump. On his way out of Washington, Sasse excoriated the politics in the city for performances designed for cameras and a 24-hour news cycle. “When we're being honest with...
More Americans said things are going better in the U.S., including the economy and inflation, at the start of 2023 than at the start of last year, according to a new CBS and YouGov poll. The view of how things are going in America is slightly more positive this year, with 34 percent of Americans...
Macy's will close four of its stores located in malls this year.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) is “not collaborating” with the Biden administration on immigration amid an influx of migrants at the southern border and tensions over related policy. “Governor Abbot is not collaborating with the federal government on an issue that requires collaboration,” Mayorkas said on ABC’s “This...
Republicans are figuring out how to strengthen their recruitment efforts after a disappointing 2022 midterm cycle that many Republicans blamed on the poor quality of the party’s candidates. GOP officials and strategists are still poring over the midterm results and debating what exactly went wrong. But there’s broad consensus that the GOP’s roster of untested...
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said on Sunday that there is an “obvious” deal to be made between Republicans and Democrats over border security and immigration reform. “To me, there is an obvious deal on immigration,” King said on CBS’s "Face The Nation" with Margaret Brennan. “The deal is increased border security, a path to citizenship...
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) on Sunday wouldn’t pledge to stay off the possible new House committee that would investigate probes into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol despite being a subject of a Department of Justice (DOJ) inquiry into the matter. “Why should I be limited — why should anybody be limited —...
Leading opposition to the clownish GOP majority affords Hakeem Jeffries a real opportunity.
Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the turmoil amid the tense election for Speaker of the House last week was “quite healthy” for the new Congress. "The process that we went through ... was quite healthy from the standpoint of getting all of these issues resolved now,” Barr said on ABC’s “This Week”...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said she is nervous about possible “backroom deals” that were cut in negotiations that secured Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) the gavel, saying she is considering holding back her support of a House rules package. “What I saw last week was a small faction … trying to cut backroom deals in private,...
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday didn't rule out the possibility of a motion to vacate the Speakership being put forward during this Congress after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) secured the top House leadership slot. As he worked to flip holdouts within his party and secure the votes he needed to take the Speakership, McCarthy agreed...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said he and newly elected Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) can “agree to disagree without being disagreeable” as the 118th Congress kicks off. “Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t have a great relationship with Kevin McCarthy. What’s yours?” host Chuck Todd asked Jeffries on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Jeffries said that he...
Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.) said former President Trump is “no longer in control,” after his attempts to influence Republicans in Rep. Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) battle to become Speaker of the House. “The first time Trump spoke out and kind of pushed these members, people ignored him,” Curbelo said on NBC’s "Meet The Press." “Some...
Former President Trump is taking a victory lap following Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) win after 15 rounds of voting. "The Fake News Media was, believe it or not, very gracious in their reporting that I greatly helped Kevin McCarthy attain the position of Speaker of the House," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social...
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) on Sunday said “the keys have been handed over to extremists” after the House elected Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to the Speakership. "It is exactly the American people and the solutions they need to meet the challenges that were completely left out of the Speaker's chaos we saw this week. It...
