Elise Stefanik may be tanking Mike Johnson’s speakership on her way out the door Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is likely hoping that this week goes better for him than last week, when one of the senior leaders in his caucus called him a “political novice” and some of the usual suspects among the GOP’s far-right…
Stephanie Ruhle reached the end of her tether with Mike Johnson after his bizarre comments about the state of women’s brains. “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Are you kidding me? I mean, are you kidding me? Are you kidding me?!” she ground…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Sen. Ruben Gallego had a present for Speaker Mike Johnson. And he had to give it to him right away. It didn’t matter that Christmas was more than a month away or that Gallego…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers will make a long-awaited return to the nation’s capital on Wednesday after nearly eight weeks away to potentially put an end to the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. The House is scheduled to take up a bill to reopen the government that the Senate passed on Monday night….
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – The government shutdown has now stretched to 36 days, officially becoming the longest shutdown of any kind in U.S. history. The landmark closure passed that historic threshold just hours after Democrats swept the polls in key elections, winning the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, the New York City mayoral election,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats remained at a stalemate on the government shutdown over the weekend as it headed into its sixth week, with food aid potentially delayed or suspended for millions of Americans and President Donald Trump pushing GOP leaders to change Senate rules to end it. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt…
Jeff Van Drew has been called out for adding yet another unclear qualifier to the riddle of the GOP’s healthcare plans—one which directly contradicts the promises of House Speaker Mike Johnson. The New Jersey representative offered his take on CNN’s Inside Politics Sunday, suggesting that he and his fellow Republicans could knock together a plan…
Claim: MSNBC host Rachel Maddow revealed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s wife’s ties to a hidden LLC suspiciously linked to multimillion-dollar transactions on live television. Rating: Rating: False A rumor that circulated online in late October 2025 claimed MSNBC television host Rachel Maddow exposed — on live television — that the wife of Speaker…
Inside sources reportedly say Donald Trump has been heard privately joking about just how easily he believes he’s able to puppeteer House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I’m the speaker and the president,” the MAGA leader is understood to have said, according to the New York Times. Citing two people with knowledge of his remarks, the newspaper…
President Trump’s administration for now must stop firing workers during the government shutdown, a federal judge ordered on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco said the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. “It’s very much ready, fire, aim on most of these programs, and…