Biden Takes Swipe At "MAGA Republicans" While Signing 'Vital' Ukraine, Israel Aid Bill

zerohedge.com Biden Takes Swipe At "MAGA Republicans" While Signing 'Vital' Ukraine, Israel Aid Bill During Wednesday's signing ceremony authorizing the House and Senate-approved 95$…

15 photos that show how divided Congress has become

businessinsider.com Marjorie Taylor Greene gives a thumb down as President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address. Jim Watson/Getty Images Photos show how breaches of decorum have…

Meet the 3 "Magnificent Seven" Stocks Members of Congress Can't Stop Selling

finance.yahoo.com Within the last month, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average, broad-based S&P 500, and innovation-powered Nasdaq Composite all ascended to fresh highs. While there have…

When will TikTok be banned?

newsweek.com The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that will force ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, to divest from the hugely popular video app that's used by some 170…

Trump's hush money case isn't a mafia trial. Here's why it feels like one

msnbc.com First thing Thursday morning, a woman identified only as Juror No. 2 told Judge Juan Merchan that, upon reflection, she feared she could no longer be an impartial…

Interviews with 20+ current and former TSMC staff at its Arizona plant finds struggles over bridging Taiwanese and US norms, rigid hierarchies, and other issues

restofworld.org Bruce thought he’d landed his dream job. The young American engineer had been eager for a stable, high-paying job in the semiconductor industry. Then, in late 2020, he…

Nancy Pelosi calls on Netanyahu to resign

newsweek.com Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to the war in Gaza and said he should resign because he is an "obstacle…

Mike Johnson Reportedly Apologized to Biden For ‘Eye-Roll Memes’ Following State of the Union

mediaite.com CNN House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) became the unwitting subject of a memestorm after this year’s State of the Union address when, on several occasions, he was caught on…

Nancy Pelosi says she respects Mike Johnson and hopes Trump isn't 'his puppeteer'

aol.com None The former House speaker said Johnson is "a person of integrity." • None Pelosi had a famously fraught relationship with fellow Californian and former Speaker Kevin…

Republican infighting is getting uglier

newsweek.com Infighting in the Republican Party has increased in recent months due to divisions over foreign aid and Mike Johnson's speakership. On Saturday, after months of wrangling,…

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Can't Stop Buying the 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Billionaires Have Been Eager to Sell

fool.com Though this highflying stock is making Nancy Pelosi and her venture capitalist husband richer, more than a half-dozen billionaires have sent it to the chopping block. Since…

Shadow speaker: Hakeem Jeffries quietly wrests control from Mike Johnson

axios.com Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) found himself in an unusual position for a minority leader last week: It was he, not the House speaker, who had the ultimate power to decide…

Biden's 50-year journey as a skeptic of Roe v. Wade to its ultimate protector

nbcnews.com The issue has been particularly fraught for Biden, an 81-year-old steeped in Catholic teachings and reliant on religious faith to cope with unthinkable tragedy: the deaths…

The 'uniparty' is passing Ukraine aid. Can it save Mike Johnson's job?

semafor.com The News Mike Johnson might just sew up Ukraine aid and live to tell the tale. For now, at least. After months of holdup, the House on Friday pushed ahead on a package of…

Will Trump get involved in the House speaker fight?

msnbc.com Democrats are considering whether to help Speaker Mike Johnson as several House Republicans call for his removal as speaker. Ashley Etienne, former communicators director…

Pelosi, Clyburn back Jan. 6 officer for Congress

axios.com Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Friday endorsed former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn's bid for a…

Democrats’ case for saving Mike Johnson: He’s no McCarthy

axios.com One reason will stand out if Democrats rescue House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from an ouster attempt: He's not Kevin McCarthy. Why it matters: Johnson has accrued credit…

Nancy Pelosi to reveal ‘The Art of Power’ in memoir

fortune.com Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has completed a book about her years in public life, from legislation she helped enact to such traumatizing moments as the Jan. 6 siege of…

House Republicans have a wacky new plan to finally pass Ukraine aid

aol.com None For months, Israel and Ukraine aid has been stalling in the House. That may be about to change. • None Speaker Johnson is planning separate votes on the aid in order to…

US navy flies aircraft through the Taiwan Strait a day after US-China defense chiefs hold rare talks

apnews.com The U.S. 7th Fleet said a Navy P-8A Poseidon flew through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, a day after U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs held their first talks since November…

Oil Heiress Ivy Getty and Husband Tobias Engel To Divorce

vanityfair.com Ivy Getty, the billionaire heiress to the Getty oil fortune, will divorce photographer husband Tobias Engel. Page Six was first to report the split. According to court…

WATCH LIVE: Pentagon holds briefing after Austin has first talk with Chinese counterpart since 2022

pbs.org Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder will hold a news briefing on Tuesday as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks with China’s national defense minister, in the latest in a…

Trump's trial: A 'freak show' on the outside and solemn on the inside

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Inside a courthouse nestled between Tribeca and Chinatown on…

House Speaker Mike Johnson reveals complicated approach to passing aid for Ukraine and Israel

pbs.org House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday unveiled a complicated proposal for passing wartime aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, leaving its path to passage deeply uncertain as…

"Churchill or Chamberlain": Mike Johnson hit with bipartisan pressure to pass Ukraine aid

axios.com House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing ramped up pressure from both sides of the aisle to hold a vote this week on a foreign aid package that includes military…

Rand Paul puts Mike Johnson on blast: "Lost all his principles"

newsweek.com Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, first ascended to the speakership in October following a chaotic time in the House of Representatives after former speaker Representative…

WATCH: Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet

pbs.org Donald Trump offered a political lifeline Friday to House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying the beleaguered GOP leader is doing a “very good job,” and tamping down the far-right…

Meet Jack Schlossberg, John F. Kennedy's 31-year-old grandson who was rumored to be dating Selena Gomez

businessinsider.com Jack Kennedy Schlossberg was recently the subject of internet rumors claiming he dated pop singer Selena Gomez, though she denied ever meeting him. Nathan Congleton/NBCU…

‘How The Constitution Dies’: Hardliner Republicans Fume After Speaker Johnson Kills FISA Warrants Amendment

mediaite.com (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) tore into Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday after Johnson scored a win…

Young People Finally Starting to Recognize the Super Rich and Not Oldsters Are the Problem

nakedcapitalism.com Lambert and I have inveighed repeatedly against using cute marketing categories (GenX, Millennials, Boomers) in political analysis. Generational cohorts do not have agency.…

If we lose the presidential debates, they may not come back

cjr.org On Thursday, former president Donald Trump’s campaign called for more, and earlier, presidential debates—the latest salvo in a running debate over the debates that could…

Scoop: Inside the operation to shore up House Democrats' rift on Ukraine and Israel aid

axios.com House Democrats are engaged in a widespread whip operation aimed at persuading progressive stragglers to sign onto a discharge petition to force a vote on the Senate's…