This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, White House and politics reporter Gregory Korte considers what’s next in the speaker saga. Sign up here and follow us at @bpolitics. Email our editors here. Republicans nominated Jim Jordan, a Donald Trump loyalist, to be speaker in the … Read more
In a surprise move Thursday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced that he is withdrawing his name from the race for the vacant House speaker role. “I just shared with my colleagues that I’m withdrawing my name as a candidate for the speaker designee,” Scalise told reporters. The Republican conference on Wednesday nominated Scalise for the … Read more
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, has won the nomination of his party to be the next House speaker, but must win an election on the House floor to win the office. If all lawmakers are present and all vote, Scalise can only afford to lose four Republicans out of the 217 in … Read more
Washington — A group of New York Republicans is seeking to expel GOP Rep. George Santos from the House, one day after the New York congressman was hit with new federal charges accusing him of identity theft, credit card fraud and more. “Today, I’ll be introducing an expulsion resolution to rid the People’s House of … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Wednesday appeared briefly unable to respond to reporters’ questions at a press event. It’s the second time in weeks that the Republican leader has struggled to speak in public, requiring help from people around him. Fresh questions about McConnell’s health arise at an especially fraught moment for Republicans … Read more