Oct 05 AP report: Trump may visit Capitol Hill amid House speaker vacuum By Farnoush Amiri, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump would most likely attend a closed-door candidate forum that Republicans plan to hold Tuesday evening, ahead of a vote that could happen as soon as Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 12:26 Republicans face unclear choice for new House speaker after ouster of McCarthy By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz, Ian Couzens, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura Two candidates are entering the Republican race to be the next Speaker of the House, but it's unclear how long it will take to find a successor to the ousted Kevin McCarthy. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on the historic… Continue watching
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: House votes to oust McCarthy as speaker after GOP critics rebel By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos. Continue reading
Oct 02 Rep. Gaetz threatens to oust Speaker McCarthy after deal averting government shutdown By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Gaetz said he'd use a procedural tool called a motion to vacate that has only been used twice in the past century. But in recent years, conservatives have wielded the motion as a weapon against their leaders. Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 7:16 How the looming shutdown will impact government agencies and programs By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura The highly partisan government funding plan from House Republicans imploded on the chamber floor Friday, leaving the country on the cusp of shutdown without a clear path out. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on every twist and turn in this… 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 24 House Republican colleagues implore hard-right holdouts not to shut down government By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Saturday to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown. Continue reading
Sep 23 The government is headed for a shutdown. Who’s affected and what happens next? By Stephen Groves, Associated Press The federal government is heading toward a shutdown as Republicans in the House, fueled by hard-right demands for deep cuts, force a confrontation over federal spending. Here's a look at what's ahead if the government shuts down on Oct. 1. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 6:32 White House responds to House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry against Biden By Amna Nawaz, Elizabeth Summers, Stephanie Kotuby, Matt Loffman After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy directed Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, the White House is urging a more aggressive pushback to the GOP and is dismissing the effort as “extreme politics at its worst." That description… Continue watching