How McCarthy got here: From Young Gun to Trump ally
After McCarthy first sought to replace then-Speaker John Boehner in 2015, only to withdraw amid resistance from the conservative Freedom Caucus, he worked furiously to…
After McCarthy first sought to replace then-Speaker John Boehner in 2015, only to withdraw amid resistance from the conservative Freedom Caucus, he worked furiously to…
Being Kevin McCarthy can’t be easy or very much fun these days. He’s in the throes of a bruising congressional leadership fight. He’s being attacked…
1/7 Pro-Trump rioters breach the security perimeter and penetrate the U.S. Capitol to protest against the Electoral College vote count that would certify President-elect Joe…
WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield on Thursday failed in his seventh and eighth attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga over…
WASHINGTON — President Biden will unveil a new border strategy Thursday expanding a Trump-era policy that gives border agents the power to turn back migrants without…
When Jackie Speier was a lawmaker in Sacramento, before mass shootings became a sad and sick part of everyday life, she helped push through the…
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump began 2022 on a high. Primary candidates were flocking to Florida to court the former president for a coveted endorsement. His rallies…
Donald Trump stood before television cameras on Friday and acknowledged a well-known fact that he had spent years denying — “President Barack Obama was born in…
WASHINGTON — Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republican sweep in the House and…
Reporting from PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump says he wouldn’t steer son Barron toward football, saying it’s “a dangerous sport,” but also wouldn’t stand in…
The former president was known for fusing his business interests with America’s highest public office, drawing allegations of using his role to promote his private…
Destroyed documents. Suggestions of pardoning violent rioters. Quiet talks among cabinet officials about whether then-United States President Donald Trump should be removed from office. Interview…
WASHINGTON — Former President Trump’s seven-year battle to keep the public from seeing his taxes ended in defeat Friday as a House committee released six…
A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the public on Friday in an extraordinary…
WASHINGTON — Kenneth W. Starr, the independent counsel who led the drive to impeach President Clinton over a sex scandal a generation ago, will now argue…
Washington, DC – Throughout his time in politics, Donald Trump has seemed nearly immune to scandal. From his earliest days as a United States presidential…
Prognostication is thankless work, especially when it comes to politics. But because it’s the happy holiday season, I’m going to pay a little attention to…
It’s the latest example of how Leo has used his network to secure and protect allies at the highest levels of government to successfully advance…
The tone of Trump’s holiday messages differed from those of his predecessor and his successor. “Merry Christmas, everybody! One of the best parts of the…
WASHINGTON — The 845-page final report of the House Committee on Jan. 6, which finally arrived late Thursday night, is an epic. Like “Moby Dick” or…