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How each House member voted for Mike Johnson as speaker
See how each member of the House voted on electing Mike Johnson as House speaker.
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The bipartisan fear that American democracy is on the brink
Both sides agree that the 2024 election is a moment of risk. They disagree on why.
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5 things to know about Mike Johnson, the new House speaker
What we know about the views of the new speaker, Mike Johnson, on Ukraine, Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
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Progressives rebel against Biden’s handling of Israel-Gaza crisis
A split over the Middle East war jeopardizes a coalition with the left that Biden has nurtured for three years.
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It’s the culture war, stupid: How Republicans view the presidency
New research shows that Republicans are more interested in a president who focuses on cultural fights than one who focuses on the economy.
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Shouting down an election-denial question embodies the Republicans’ problem
At some point, the person second-in-line to the presidency should have to answer for his efforts to subvert democracy.
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10 hours, 2 nominees: Chaos on Capitol Hill and still no House speaker
House Republicans spent another day trying and failing to elect a speaker to lead the House of Representatives.
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Republicans choose Johnson as fourth speaker nominee, after Trump nixes Emmer run
Johnson will now see if he can earn 217 Republican votes on the House floor, a hurdle the three nominees before him could not clear.
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House Republicans pick Rep. Mike Johnson as their fourth speaker nominee
House Republicans started over on the search for the next speaker of the House after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was ousted last week.
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Michael Cohen and Trump meet again during civil fraud trial
The former president and his ex-lawyer found themselves face to face once again, with the latter testifying against the former during a civil fraud trial.
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Jewish Florida lawmaker breaks from DeSantis and endorses Trump
Randy Fine, a top DeSantis ally and sole Jewish GOP lawmaker in the Florida legislature, announced he was switching his support to former president Donald Trump.
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Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban stays for now, state Supreme Court rules
The case returns to a lower court to determine whether the 2019 law violates due process, equal protection and other rights inherent in the state Constitution.
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Tom Emmer quickly ran into a Trump-sized problem with his speaker bid
Emmer is ill-suited for a party focused on hard-right purity tests and Trump-ism. And it showed.
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Americans are very aware of just how old Biden and Trump are
New polling indicates that Americans are not overestimating Biden’s age.
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Trump files new challenges to federal election obstruction case in D.C.
In filings before a midnight deadline, Donald Trump’s legal team sought to toss his indictment, claiming First Amendment and double-jeopardy protections.
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Jenna Ellis’s tearful guilty plea should worry Rudy Giuliani
She chose to do statement that blamed “lawyers with many more years of experience than I.”
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The layers of falsehoods that led to Jenna Ellis’s plea deal
Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election was built on a foundation of confirmation bias and ignorance. His allies, most recently Jenna Ellis, are paying the price.
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Tracking the Trump investigations and where they stand
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in four cases — all while leading the Republican field in the 2024 presidential race. Here's the latest news on each.
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Trump pledges to turn away those who don’t like ‘our religion’
Donald Trump puts a finer point on his old rhetoric on immigration, telling a crowd, “if you don’t like our religion ... you are not getting in.”
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Here are the eight Republican candidates running for House speaker
The Republican conference is planning to meet Monday evening to hear from this new crop of candidates seeking to become House speaker.
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