President Joe Biden threatens to cut off Israel’s supply of offensive weapons if it invades Rafah. Stormy Daniels will be cross-examined in Donald Trump’s trial. And another pageant queen gives up her crown days after Miss USA stepped down. Here’s what to know today. Biden says U.S. won’t transfer offensive weapons if Israel invades Rafah […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried and failed in a brazen push to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, but the resounding rejection by Democrats and Republicans does not guarantee an end to the political chaos. One of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, Greene stood on the House floor late Wednesday and […]
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and his allies beat back a dramatic effort by far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to oust him from power Wednesday, ending — for now — months of threats against his speakership. The vote to “table” or kill Greene’s motion to vacate the speaker’s chair was 359-43. Just 10 […]
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson was quickly rejected Wednesday in a bipartisan vote. A vote on a motion to table Greene’s resolution succeeded 359 to 43, killing the resolution before it could make it to the floor for a vote. Democrats joined Republicans in voting to table the […]
WASHINGTON ― The House of Representatives quickly tabled Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday. The motion to table the Georgia Republican’s resolution passed by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin of 359 to 43, with 196 Republicans against Greene and only 11 supporting her move against the speaker. “I […]
The House easily quashed Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resolution to oust the Republican speaker, Mike Johnson, on Wednesday, as members of both parties came together in a rare moment of bipartisanship to keep the chamber open for business. The motion to table Greene’s resolution was 359 to 43, with 196 Republicans and 163 Democrats voting […]
WASHINGTON – The House soundly killed an effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from his leadership post in another defeat to the lower chamber’s most conservative lawmakers. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., forced the House to vote on a “motion to vacate,” a procedural tool that if passed, would have forcibly removed Johnson, […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is leading the hard-line House Republicans who want to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. via Associated Press Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) followed through Wednesday on her threat against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), calling for a vote on whether to topple him as speaker after talks with him apparently broke […]
Former President Donald Trump spoke privately with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over the weekend and urged her to drop her push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, a source close to the president confirmed to ABC News. During their discussion, Trump told Greene that the party needs to be unified, according to the source. The […]
(Bloomberg) — Rishi Sunak looks likely to lead the Conservative Party into the UK general election due this year after internal critics called off a planned effort to depose him after the local elections. Most Read from Bloomberg Support among Tory lawmakers for a move to replace Sunak has not materialized after early results showed […]
Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative firebrand, on Wednesday called for a vote to oust Republican Mike Johnson as speaker of the US House of Representatives, a move that could embroil their party in chaos months before the November election. The move is a rare open act of defiance of Republican presidential candidate Donald […]
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative firebrand, Wednesday on Wednesday called for a vote to oust Republican Mike Johnson as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, a move that could embroil their party in chaos months before the November election. The move is a […]