Politics Oct 26 How new congressional maps in Georgia and North Carolina will impact 2024 election House Speaker Mike Johnson will face the same struggle that plagued his predecessor, a narrow GOP majority. He will have to protect it in next year's elections and redistricting could complicate that. North Carolina has new congressional maps and a…
Politics Oct 24 Former attorney Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in civil fraud trial Donald Trump is facing legal hurdles on several fronts, both civil and criminal, in state and federal courts. In New York, the $250 million civil fraud trial against Trump and his company is in its fourth week. Tuesday, Michael Cohen…
Politics Oct 23 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the Republicans’ struggle to choose a House speaker NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including the potential political fallout of the House speaker's race and how it could affect U.S. aid…
Politics Oct 20 The next steps for House Republicans after dropping Jim Jordan as speaker nominee At the Capitol, Republican Jim Jordan is out in the race for speaker of the House. GOP lawmakers voted behind closed doors to dismiss him as their nominee after he again failed to win the job on the House floor.
Politics Oct 20 Brooks and Capehart on the GOP struggle to elect a House speaker and Biden’s aid request New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the search for a new speaker of the House and President Biden's plea for national security funding.
Politics Oct 19 What Sidney Powell’s guilty plea means for Trump in his Georgia election subversion case The wide-ranging racketeering case against former President Trump took a new turn in a Georgia courtroom as a second co-defendant pleaded guilty to charges in the alleged scheme to overturn the 2020 election. This time it was one of Trump's…
Politics Oct 18 What’s next for Republicans after Jim Jordan’s 2nd defeat in House speaker vote Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s second try for speaker of the House went more poorly than his first. In Wednesday's vote he received two fewer Republican votes than he did on Tuesday. Lisa Desjardins reports on the Capitol frozen in legislative…
Politics Oct 17 A look at Jim Jordan’s often controversial record in Congress In the first round of balloting for the next House speaker, Rep. Jim Jordan got 200 votes from his GOP colleagues, short of the 217 he needed. But the Ohio congressman is closer to the gavel than he's ever been…
Politics Oct 16 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Jim Jordan’s chances of becoming House speaker NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including the possibility of a Jim Jordan speakership and new fundraising hauls in the 2024 campaign for…
Politics Oct 13 GOP picks Jim Jordan as latest House speaker candidate, but unclear if he can win House Republicans have a new nominee for speaker ten days after Kevin McCarthy was ousted and less than 24 hours after their last pick stepped aside. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan got enough votes in the behind-closed-doors meeting of the GOP…