Oct 03 Watch 8:00 What led to the collapse of McCarthy's speakership and what's next for the House By Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens, Lisa Desjardins For the first time in this nation’s history, the House of Representatives formally ousted its speaker. A handful of hard-right Republicans and every Democrat voted together to remove the gavel from Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hand. The move came nine months… Continue watching
Oct 03 WATCH: McCarthy confronts challenge to his leadership, rules out power-sharing with Democrats By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The Republican McCarthy's fate is deeply uncertain as he faces what's known as a "motion to vacate" from Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, a strident critic allied with Donald Trump. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 11:44 Brooks and Capehart on why a government shutdown could last a long time New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the country barreling toward a government shutdown and the first hearings in House Republicans' impeachment inquiry of… Continue watching
Sep 28 Watch 13:21 What happened during the first hearing of the Biden impeachment inquiry By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman, Lisa Desjardins, Alexis Cox, Solveig Rennan, Laura Barrón-López, Kyle Midura House Republicans held their first impeachment hearing into President Biden. The Republicans argue there is a real concern about the Biden family, but Democrats say it's an attempt to distract from the criminal charges against former President Trump. Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: American soldier who fled to North Korea back in U.S. custody In our news wrap Wednesday, an American soldier who fled to North Korea in July is now back in U.S. custody, Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges, the mass exodus of ethnic Armenians… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 4:58 Government shutdown deadline looms amid new concerns about potential effects By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura More warnings about the potential effects of a government shutdown came Tuesday with concern from both the Department of Justice and the American Legion that national security could be affected and a signal from Moody’s that it would downgrade U.S. Continue watching
Sep 21 Watch 12:02 Ukraine's Zelenskyy appeals to U.S. for continued aid against Russia's invasion By Geoff Bennett, Nick Schifrin, Laura Barrón-López, Kyle Midura Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy is visiting Washington with the goal of securing more armaments to repel Russia’s 18-month invasion. But there is growing skepticism and some hostility toward the requests among House Republicans, even as senators met Zelenskyy with open arms. Continue watching
Sep 19 Democrats retain narrow control of Pennsylvania House after special election By Brooke Schultz, Associated Press/Report for America Voters on Tuesday elected former congressional aide Lindsay Powell, bringing the partisan split to 102-101. Powell defeated Republican challenger Erin Connolly Autenreith in the heavily Democratic district. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 3:13 How GOP presidential candidates are courting evangelical voters in Iowa By Laura Barrón-López, Matt Loffman, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens Republican presidential hopefuls took center stage in Iowa over the weekend and made their case to a key voting bloc in the state: evangelicals. The candidates touched on issues important to religious conservatives, abortion in particular. Laura Barron-López reports. Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 7:25 'Tyranny of the Minority' writers say Constitution not strong enough to protect democracy By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori America’s democracy is in an uncharted and fragile place, according to two Harvard government professors. In their new book, “Tyranny of the Minority,” Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt say politicians are welcoming anti-democratic extremists into their party ranks and part… Continue watching