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early and often
June 25, 2024
Bob Good Tries Election-Denial Tactics on Trump’s Candidate The embattled House Freedom Caucus chairman is concocting conspiracy theories to undermine his apparent loss to John McGuire.
early and often
June 12, 2024
Trump Surrogate Nancy Mace Thwarts McCarthy ‘Revenge Tour’ Donald Trump’s endorsees had a fine day in the June 11 primaries, and Kevin McCarthy’s efforts in South Carolina against one of his tormenters failed.
early and often
May 1, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt to Go Mainstream Is Over For a moment, MTG was an adviser to Speaker McCarthy and on Trump’s VP shortlist. Now she’s an isolated crackpot once again.
early and often
Dec. 27, 2023
Who Was 2023’s Biggest Loser in Politics? There were several politicians who had a terrible, no-good year. But nobody’s 2023 was as brutal as a certain soon-to-be ex-congressman’s.
early and often
Dec. 6, 2023
Kevin McCarthy, Lost Without a Gavel, Is Leaving Congress The higher tolerance his colleagues have for Speaker Mike Johnson could have been the final straw for the Californian.
the national interest
Nov. 30, 2023
Kevin McCarthy and Tim Burchett Are Fighting Like Fourth-Graders After McCarthy allegedly shoved his Republican adversary, things got even dumber.
government shutdown
Nov. 13, 2023
Johnson Needs Democrats to Avoid a Shutdown, Just Like McCarthy New Speaker, same dilemma: Either anger some Republicans by working with Democrats, or watch Washington shut down.
early and often
Oct. 20, 2023
Republicans Started a Civil War They Don’t Know How to End Knocking off Speaker candidates is easy, but electing one is impossible so far.
early and often
Oct. 18, 2023
early and often
Oct. 13, 2023
The House Republicans Are in a Hell of Their Own Making All they need to do is elect a Speaker. The one thing they definitely can’t do is agree on a Speaker.
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Oct. 9, 2023
The Race for Speaker Is About to Get Real Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan face off in the Capitol Thunderdome. Here’s how they match up and who else might win the gavel if chaos ensues again.
early and ofteh
Oct. 4, 2023
Problem Solvers Caucus Is Imploding Over the McCarthy Drama Republican members of the bipartisan caucus are upset about the wildly partisan Kevin McCarthy’s ejection. Their Democratic colleagues know better.
early and often
Oct. 4, 2023
A November Government Shutdown Looks More Likely Than Ever All the factors that led House Republicans to dump Kevin McCarthy are still in play for his successor, whoever that may be.
early and often
Oct. 3, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Suffers a Historic Humiliation The House Speaker loses his job thanks to the far-right he appeased in the first place.
early and often
Oct. 3, 2023
Good-bye, Kevin! Please Don’t Try to Come Back! The former Speaker was not loyal to anybody or anything other than his power. Good riddance.
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Oct. 3, 2023
Capitol Hill Dysfunction Helps Trump, the Chaos Candidate Drama among Republican House members distracts from Trump’s trial and makes him look relatively stable. That’s good news for his 2024 campaign.
the national interest
Oct. 3, 2023
early and often
Oct. 3, 2023
Matt Versus Goliath How a nuisance became a mortal threat to Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership.
How Jamaal Bowman Tried to Spin Pulling a Capitol Hill Fire Alarm The New York Democrat claims he was in a rush to vote and thought the fire alarm would open a locked door in his way.
early and often
Oct. 2, 2023
GOP Hard-liners Overplayed Their Hand Against McCarthy Matt Gaetz and other GOP rebels left the Speaker with no option but to cut a deal with Democrats to avoid a shutdown. But the chaos is far from over.
early and often
Oct. 1, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Traded One Crisis For Another The Speaker will now face a “motion to vacate” by Florida congressman Matt Gaetz and his hard-right allies in the House.
government shutdown
Sept. 30, 2023
Government Shutdown Live Updates: Shutdown Averted The Senate overwhelmingly passed the House’s stopgap spending bill, which means the government will be funded for another 45 days.
government shutdown
Sept. 29, 2023
The Shutdown Is About the GOP’s Dysfunctional Family Drama It may seem like it’s “about nothing,” but House Republicans’ unhinged, destructive feuding is more Yellowstone than Seinfeld .
the inside game
Sept. 28, 2023
The Impeachment Prosecutor Turned Defender Dan Goldman went after Trump but says there’s no comparison to the ‘bald-faced lies’ against Biden.
early and often
Sept. 22, 2023
Democrats Set High Price for Helping McCarthy Avoid a Shutdown McCarthy may need Democrat votes to avert a shutdown and save his Speakership. But getting them will mean abandoning the Biden impeachment inquiry.
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Sept. 21, 2023
Shutdown Nears As Trump Tells House GOP to Defund the Government Everything Kevin McCarthy does to placate right-wing hard-liners makes a deal even harder. Trump’s advice isn’t helping.
early and often
Sept. 20, 2023
Could the House and Senate Flip in 2024? The Odds Look Good Democrats and Republicans switching control in the same election has never happened before, and it could mean renewed gridlock in Washington.
Republicans Left a Motion to Remove McCarthy in a House Bathroom A mistake at the changing table or an unusual way to leak information?
early and often
Sept. 18, 2023
We Could Be Headed for a Record-Breaking Government Shutdown With the September 30 deadline approaching, House Republicans are hopelessly divided and Kevin McCarthy is struggling to find a way forward.
the national interest
July 28, 2023
The Democrats Can’t Wave Away Their Hunter Biden Problem How the party can clean up the Supreme Court and address the president’s son’s ethics scandals.
the talented mr. santos
June 26, 2023
Even Kevin McCarthy Thinks George Santos Shouldn’t Run Again In an interview, the House Speaker suggested that the GOP will back someone else next year.
early and often
June 23, 2023
Freedom Caucus Mulls Ejecting MTG for Loyalty to McCarthy Keeping McCarthy in fear and doubt is essential to the turbulent conservatives, and MTG’s loyal friendship with him deeply annoys them.
early and often
June 8, 2023
It’s Payback Time for the House Far Right Accused of betrayal over the debt-ceiling deal, Kevin McCarthy is losing power to a group of rebels who show no sign of giving up.
Kevin McCarthy Is a Survivor, Not a Strategic Genius Once Biden blinked on taxes, the Speaker was playing with house money.
the national interest
June 2, 2023
Centrist Fanatics Go Wild Over Debt-Ceiling Deal They just like bipartisan deals, regardless of content.
early and often
June 1, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Really Did It The debt-ceiling deal passed the House by sweeping bipartisan margins, leading the Speaker to dunk on his haters.
early and often
May 31, 2023
The Quirky Conservative Who Saved the Economy and McCarthy Thomas Massie broke with fellow far-right Republicans, who are determined to make the House Speaker hurt.
The Debt Ceiling Bill Faces Its First Test: Live Updates Before the deal goes to a full House vote, it has to pass a GOP-controlled committee where far-right members could potentially slow things down.
the national interest
May 30, 2023
debt ceiling hostage crisis
May 28, 2023
debt ceiling hostage crisis
May 25, 2023
the inside game
May 24, 2023
The Two Bidens Are Fighting Each Other Over the Debt Ceiling The president started the debt-ceiling fight by saying he’d never negotiate, but he can’t seem to resist cutting deals.
Kevin McCarthy May Have Already Won the Debt-Limit Fight No matter how the debt-limit negotiations turn out, the Speaker has clearly placated his right-wing critics by forcing Biden to the table.
early and often
May 18, 2023
House Republicans Move to Avoid Santos Expulsion Vote The House voted to have the Ethics Committee consider a measure to expel George Santos — so he won’t be getting kicked out anytime soon.
early and often
May 17, 2023
Frank Luntz Can’t Quit The GOP’s wunderkind pollster swore he was finished with Washington — except that penthouse with Kevin McCarthy.
the national interest
May 15, 2023
The Media Is Normalizing Debt-Ceiling Extortion No, this is not how Congress always does it. This is different, and dangerous.
early and often
May 15, 2023
Democrats Should Make People Panic About the Debt Limit There’s not much pressure on House Republicans to stop playing games with the economy and allow a debt-limit increase. More public worry might help.
Trump Call for Debt Default Echoed by House Extremists Most congressional Republicans are ignoring or shrugging off Trump’s inflammatory advice, but it won’t take many arsonists to start a conflagration.
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