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Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker. His future is still anything but certain

Some members of an unruly GOP caucus remain unenthused with Johnson — but what’s the alternative?

The Independent UK

Trump gets shot, the Harris ‘Brat’ summer and MAGA’s White House return: The political moments that defined 2024

One presidential election, two assassination attempts and hundreds of rallies filled the 2024 political headlines. But it didnt’ stop there

The Independent UK

Trump endorses Mike Johnson to return as US House speaker, despite backlash

President-elect Donald Trump had previously clashed with Speaker Johnson over the passage of a bipartisan spending bill.

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Trump endorses Johnson to continue as House speaker

Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson to continue as House speaker, just days before he could face a close floor election to retain the gavel.

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GOP "playing with fire" on speaker vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote when Congress is sworn in later this week

Salon

Trump Criticizes Mccarthy Over Debt Ceiling Suspension Decision

President-elect Trump criticizes debt ceiling suspension, urges prompt action. Treasury Secretary emphasizes urgency.

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MSNBC panel left in stitches after ex-GOP congressman touts Kevin McCarthy’s return as Speaker

‘I could see Donald Trump getting behind Kevin McCarthy. What a wonderful turn that would be,’ Joe Walsh told a panel on The Weekend

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Republican congressman says party should drop ‘food fight’ over leadership

Mike Lawler says Mike Johnson should remain speaker as cracks appear between Trump’s team and far right

The Guardian - US

Democrat congressman calls for decriminalizing sex work after bombshell House report on Matt Gaetz

Michigan congressman says victims would be empowered to speak out if law changes

The Independent UK

Democrats get back into the fight

Democrats exploit the Elon Musk debacle to divide and demoralize Trump's coalition

Salon

Elon blows up Congress — and the illusion of Mike Johnson’s grip on power

‘DOGE’ chief ‘detonates’ an agreement and makes Mike Johnson break his word. What did the GOP gain?

The Independent UK

Trump backs Johnson amid calls for his ouster over shutdown debacle

President-elect says Speaker should keep his post if he moves legislation to raise the statutory debt ceiling

The Independent UK

Trump Opposes Deal To Avert Government Shutdown

US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown.

International Business Times

Speaker Johnson ‘faces challengers’ in new year as anger grows in GOP over stop-gap bill

Some rebels in the GOP are angry at Johnson’s handling of the stop-gap bill to fund the federal government through March 14

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Good says goodbye: ‘This Congress should have done even less’ - Roll Call

"The system is designed to protect the status quo," says the former Freedom Caucus chair, who lost a primary race to another Republican.

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Rep. Chip Roy Vying For House Rules Committee Chairmanship

Rep. Chip Roy emerges as a potential candidate for House Rules Committee chairmanship, navigating GOP dynamics and potential leadership transition.

The Independent UK

House voting on $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

National defense would see a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year under a Pentagon policy bill that provides for a double-digit pay raise for about half of the enlisted service members in the military

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Roy, a vocal critic of spending deals, seeks Rules gavel - Roll Call

Texas Republican Chip Roy has added his name to the crowded list of applicants to chair the powerful Rules Committee in the next Congress.

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Rep. Bishop picked for No. 2 slot in Trump OMB after statewide loss - Roll Call

President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he intends to nominate outgoing Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., to be his deputy budget director.

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz to become anchor on pro-Trump network after failed attorney general nod

Ex-Florida congressman pivots to TV after past scandals sank his bid to lead Justice Department

The Independent UK

MTG and Laura Loomer come to blows again — this time over Hunter Biden’s pardon

‘MTG admits she has done something that would make her need a pardon,’ Loomer said on X

The Independent UK

McCarthy says Gaetz’s AG nod was ‘a fear for all young girls’ in latest war of words between GOP enemies

‘Those girls need justice and that is not the place for him,’ McCarthy told Fox News’s Jesse Watters

The Independent UK

How Nancy Mace went from being a ‘caucus of one’ to the lead anti-trans voice in Congress

ANALYSIS: Nancy Mace’s turn from a swing-district mainstream Republican to a vocal anti-trans voice reveals just as much about the state of the GOP as it does her, Eric Garcia writes

The Guardian - US

Matt Gaetz charging $500 to make bespoke fan videos on Cameo website

‘I served in Congress,’ Gaetz’s page says. ‘Trump nominated me to be US attorney general (that didn’t work out).’

Salon

Gaetz won't return to Congress next term

The former representative ended of a return to Congress in an interview with Charlie Kirk

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