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GOP rep heralds 'AI-powered inflatable sex doll' after Matt Gaetz's RNC debut
July 18, 2024 | 3:32pmWisconsin Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R) jumped on the internet buzz about Rep. Matt Gaetz's looks at the Republican National Convention and likened his adversary to a sex doll.
Rep. Matt Gaetz video-bombs ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's CNN interview in heated exchange: 'What night are you speaking?'
July 17, 2024 | 9:29am"Well, it's all about, he had an ethics complaint four years ago that he paid an underage girl and she has come to [the House Ethics Committee]," McCarthy said.
Rep. Bob Good campaign claims he 'can still prevail' in cliff-hanger Virginia primary after Trump-backed rival declares victory
June 19, 2024 | 2:13pmHouse Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good was adamant that he could still eke out a win in his bruising primary contest, despite trailing state Sen. John McGuire's over 300-vote lead.
House ethics panel interviewed half a dozen women in Rep. Matt Gaetz sex, drugs probe: report
June 19, 2024 | 10:17amThe House Ethics Committee has spoken six women in connection with its probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz over allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
Trump-backed Rep. Nancy Mace fends off Republican primary challenge in South Carolina
June 11, 2024 | 8:49pmMace was endorsed by former President Donald Trump.
Trump-backed Republican Vince Fong wins California special election for Kevin McCarthy’s vacant House seat
May 22, 2024 | 1:45amCalifornia voters will choose between Fong and Boudreaux again in November in an election that will determine who serves a full, two-year term in Congress.
Rep. Nancy Mace accuses former staffers of ‘sabotaging’ her as ex-employee claims she's 'unwell': report
May 11, 2024 | 12:04amThe 46-year-old Republican's office has been plagued by staff departures since her October 2023 vote to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, losing nine staffers from December to February.
Democrats torpedo Marjorie Taylor Greene push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson
April 30, 2024 | 1:18pmHouse Democrats ended any chance of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ousting Speaker Mike Johnson Tuesday, with party leadership committing in a Tuesday statement to kill any motion to vacate...
McCarthy says he was ousted as House speaker for failing to stop ethics claim against Gaetz for 'sleeping with a 17-year-old'
April 10, 2024 | 12:10pm"I'll give you the truth why I'm not Speaker: it's because one person – a member of Congress – wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with...
Forget Mike Johnson: Why would ANY Republican want to be House speaker?
March 31, 2024 | 8:11amThe House GOP has become a dysfunctional nightmare that no sane person would WANT to lead.
House Speaker Mike Johnson readying separate Ukraine aid bill as Republican revolt looms
March 25, 2024 | 5:01pmHouse Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to put a Ukraine aid bill up for a floor vote when Congress returns following its spring recess, sources on Capitol Hill told The...
Kevin McCarthy predicts Republicans won't oust their speaker again: 'Very best job he can'
March 24, 2024 | 3:15pmThe threat to Mike Johnson's gavel is different from the one that saw McCarthy booted, McCarthy claimed.
Trump rules out Vivek Ramaswamy as VP, will consider him for Cabinet post
March 19, 2024 | 11:43amFormer President Donald Trump has ruled out appointing biotech mogul Vivek Ramaswamy as his vice president and is considering him for a Cabinet position instead, a source familiar with the...
McCarthy details what Biden's really like behind closed doors: 'He still has a teleprompter'
February 29, 2024 | 7:26pmFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy revealed for the first time on Wednesday that President Biden uses notecards in private meetings with small groups of people.
Matt Gaetz gloats that ‘we’ve now 86’d McCarthy, McDaniel, McConnell’
February 28, 2024 | 8:30pmRep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and several other Republicans on Wednesday celebrated Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he would step down from his leadership role in November. “We’ve now...
Rep. Matt Gaetz boasts about turning Congress into a ‘living hell’ for Republicans who ‘dress up like Democrats in drag’
February 23, 2024 | 10:21pm“I have made it a living hell for the swamp rats, and many of them are retiring now," the Florida Republican bragged at CPAC Friday.
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s ex-chief of staff files to run against former boss
January 27, 2024 | 1:04amMcCarthy noted during the press conference that he would give Hanlon a job if Mace fired him.
Ex-speaker Kevin McCarthy rips Freedom Caucus for 'locking in Pelosi's policies'
January 22, 2024 | 9:39pmFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy slammed the conservative Freedom Caucus on Monday, arguing that the hard-line group of lawmakers have prevented Republicans “from being able to govern” and are “locking...
South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace’s ex-chief of staff considers primary challenge against former boss: report
January 17, 2024 | 7:44pm“Hanlon has been pleased with how well the idea has been received and how many people are looking for a Mace alternative, both money people in DC and movers and...
'Meme king' GOP congressman who rose to prominence with viral posts gets new title for Christmas from Elon Musk
December 26, 2023 | 1:52pmGeorgia GOP Rep. Mike Collins touted a stocking stuffer that X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk apparently gifted him for Christmas that celebrated the lawmaker's meme-posting ability.