“North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore will not run for Congress in 2022 — the first major fallout from U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s decision to switch congressional districts,” the Raleigh […]
Author: Taegan Goddard
Quote of the Day
“Whatever the House does is irrelevant. The final bill is gonna be written in the Senate, and it’ll be written by two people.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, on […]
Trump Sours on Ron DeSantis
“Donald Trump has been complaining to members and guests at Mar-a-Lago that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis still hasn’t joined the other 2024 hopefuls in pronouncing that he won’t run for […]
McCarthy’s Path to Speaker Far from Guaranteed
Politico: “McCarthy and his allies are elated by the strong GOP showing in this month’s elections, ambitiously projecting a midterm gain next year to rival the 63-seat wave that swamped […]
GOP Leaders Silent on Violent Rhetoric
Associated Press: “In the past week, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a video showing a character with his face killing a figure with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s face. Several of the […]
Murkowski to Run for Re-Election
“Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who voted to convict Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial and has repeatedly bumped heads with the former president, announced Friday that she will run […]
Biden Team Split on Expanding Booster Shots
Washington Post: “Anxious about a surge of coronavirus infections enveloping Europe as cases tick up in the United States, senior health officials in the Biden administration are pressing urgently to […]
Trump Defends Rioter Calls to ‘Hang’ Mike Pence
Former President Trump — in a taped interview with ABC News — defended, quite extensively, supporters who threatened to “hang” former Vice President Mike Pence.
House Ready to Hold Mark Meadows In Contempt
“Congressional investigators say they’re prepared to seek criminal contempt charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows if he refuses to appear for a deposition on Friday,” Politico […]
Why Christie Turned Down Trump’s Job Offer
Daily Beast: “When Chris Christie withdrew from consideration to be Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff in 2018, multiple outlets reported it was for family considerations and that the […]