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DeSantis campaign moves staff to Iowa, announces $15 million in fundraising
Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign is moving roughly a third of its staff to Iowa, banking further on an intense focus on the first-in-the-nation GOP caucus state.
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Ain’t no rule saying a dog can’t be speaker of the House
There are other reasons the speaker of the House couldn’t be a dog. But how about a robot? We investigate the options following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
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Why is protecting institutions largely the Democrats’ responsibility?
Rep. Kevin McCarthy fumed that Democrats let him lose his job. But his own party bears obvious culpability.
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Months of bad blood between McCarthy and Democrats help sink his speakership
He learned there’s a price to pay for helping set fire to an institution and then asking the fire department to come save your office.
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Who is Matt Gaetz? Republican goes from sidelines to ousting a House speaker.
The Florida Republican and Trump ally has taken center stage in U.S. politics after instigating the vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.
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Who voted Kevin McCarthy out? These 8 House Republicans.
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s motion against McCarthy was supported by GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Bob Good, Elijah Crane, Tim Burchett, Ken Buck, Nancy Mace and Matt Rosendale.
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As McCarthy tumbled toward defeat, Trump did not defend his speakership
Trump’s limited support for the man he famously called “my Kevin” encapsulated a relationship that has ebbed and flowed over the years.
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Late-night shows revel in House drama: ‘I love the McCarthy hearings’
Late-night show hosts including Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel had a lot to say about the political chaos unfolding in the United States.
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A score-settling McCarthy to successor: Good luck with these people
The ousted House speaker let loose on fellow Republicans and painted an ugly picture of the state of affairs for whoever succeeds him.
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McCarthy ouster exposes the Republican Party’s destructive tendencies
By voting to expel Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, Republicans ground the work of Congress to a halt and revealed the danger of governing by chaos.
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Kevin McCarthy has a few more things to say about his ouster
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had lots of stories to tell Tuesday night following his ouster as House speaker.
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GOP infighting, a furious gavel swing: Dramatic moments from McCarthy’s ouster
The historic vote to vacate Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as House speaker was punctuated by jeering, moments of stunned silence and an emphatic gavel swing.
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Kevin McCarthy, after ouster, says he won’t run again for speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday introduced the resolution to remove Kevin McCarthy from his job as House speaker after weeks of threatening to do so.
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McCarthy lost his House speaker job. How it happened, and what’s next.
And what this says about the House and the Republican Party
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Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in unprecedented vote
The dramatic vote was the culmination of a long power struggle between McCarthy and hard-line GOP lawmakers. McCarthy later said he would not seek the position again.
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See which House members voted to oust McCarthy as speaker
The House has voted in favor of a resolution that removes Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
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Supreme Court majority seems skeptical of challenge to consumer watchdog
Justices hear a challenge to a lower court ruling that said the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional.
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Judge issues gag order in fraud case after Trump assails staffer on social media
Trump has repeatedly criticized officials involved in the case, including the judge and one of his staffers.
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The future of the GOP is now its past
In 2010, a book promoted Kevin McCarthy, Paul Ryan and Eric Cantor as the future of the GOP. It didn’t take.
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‘2000 Mules,’ a key piece of election misinformation, has its day in court
A lawsuit against “2000 Mules” moves forward — and threatens to expose the fundamental dishonesty behind the movie.
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