Photo: Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the New Hampshire Republican Party’s First In The Nation Leadership Summit Nikki Haley vowed to stand with Israel “every step of the way.” She promised to “decimate” the Iranian economy. And she called for continued funding for Ukraine as it fights to repel
Photo: West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin speaks with reporters outside the newly renovated Amtrak train station in Charleston, W.Va. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has benefited from waiting to reveal where he stands as the swing vote in a chamber closely divided between Democrats and Republicans. He’s taken the same approach when it
Photo: Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Now that House Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker, the race is on to secure the 217 votes he will need on the House floor to win the gavel and officially take the
Photo: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, left, and Rep. Eli Crane, R-Oro Valley, were among the eight House Republicans who joined 208 Democrats voting to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., the first time in history a speaker has been removed from the post. (File photo by Alexis Waiss/Cronkite News) Arizona Reps. Andy Biggs and Eli
Photo: Laphonza Butler, President of EMILY’s List, speaks during an event in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023 California Gov. Gavin Newsom has selected Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign, to fill the U.S. Senate seat made vacant by the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. In choosing Butler on
Photo: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks to the House chamber Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded. Gaetz, a longtime