The Latest Breaking News from House of Representatives

What is daylight saving time and which countries are changing their clocks?

Majority of countries outside North America and Europe do not follow the practice of resetting clocks twice a year.

Al Jazeera · Oct 31, 2023

Don't Believe Janet Yellen's Shoddy Wartime 'Girl Math'

Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.

Reason · Oct 30, 2023

View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?

This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2023

OPINION - Open revenge, payback and blood hatred in the race for Speaker of the House: this is Republican politics

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The House is now un-gaveling before our eyes’

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2023

Four new candidates declare in Texas

Ballotpedia tracked four new state-level candidates in Texas between Oct. 16 and Oct. 22. This was two more candidates than the prior week. 

Ballotpedia · Oct 24, 2023

GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass…

The Conversation · Oct 23, 2023

House GOP dumps Jim Jordan as speaker nominee to consider other candidates

The end of Mr Jordan’s bid kicks off a free-for-all to lead the House

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

No matter how serious the issue, nuance becomes a thought crime for the Coalition’s court jesters

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023

Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas as he urges aid for Israel and Ukraine

US president said Americans must not walk away from their role as a ‘beacon to the world’ in rare Oval Office address

The Guardian - US · Oct 20, 2023