House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is inching closer toward the speaker’s gavel. On Monday, House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) announced that he would support Jordan, a significant turnaround after the congressman reportedly said last week that he could not be swayed to back Jordan. Jordan “and I have had two cordial, thoughtful, and productive conversations over the past two days. We agreed on the need for Congress to pass a strong NDAA [National Defense Authorization Act], appropriations to fund our government’s vital functions, and other important legislation like the Farm Bill,” Rogers said in a post to X. https://twitter.com/RepMikeRogersAL/status/1713911208493961598 “As…
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Nancy Jackson
Nancy grew up in the South where her passion for politics first began. After getting her BA in journalism from Ole Miss she became an arts and culture writer for Athens Magazine where she enjoyed reporting on the eclectic music and art scene in Athens, GA. However, her desire to report on issues and policies impacting everyday Americans won out and she packed her bags for Washington, DC. Now, she splits her time between the Nation’s Capital and Philadelphia where she covers the fast-paced environment of politics, business, and news. In her off time, you can find Nancy exploring museums or enjoying brunch with friends.
On Monday, the federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s election interference case agreed to a “narrow” gag order barring the former President from targeting witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and their families. Judge Tanya Chutkan said Trump’s status as a candidate did not give him authority to level a “smear campaign” against those involved in the case, saying that “1st amendment protections yield to the administration of justice and to the protection of witnesses.” https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1713957123992723534 The Hill has more: She declined however, to grant an order with the breadth requested by the Justice Department in September, declining to limit any speech attacking her or…
On Saturday, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry cruised to victory and became the state’s first Republican governor in eight years. “Today’s election says that our state is united,” Landry said in his victory speech. “It’s a wake-up call and it’s a message that everyone should hear loud and clear, that we the people in this state are going to expect more out of our government from here on out.” According to The Daily Wire, Landry beat out his next closest challenger, Democrat Shawn Wilson, by 51.6% to 25.9% in Lousiana’s all-party primary election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e1qq-6BCVo Louisiana has a “jungle primary” system, meaning that the expected…
Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan won the Republican nomination to become the next Speaker of the House on Friday. Jordan, currently chair of the House Judiciary Committee, earned 124 votes to win the nomination over Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga). Scott mounted a last-minute bid against the Ohio Congressman Friday afternoon shortly before the vote. (RELATED: Underdog Candidate Jumps Into Speaker’s Contest) “I don’t necessarily want to be the speaker of the House. I want a House that functions correctly, but the House is not functioning correctly right now,” he said. Scott told reporters he had “no intention” of running for Speaker…
The race for House Speaker took an unexpected turn on Friday. A relatively unknown Congressman, Rep. Austin Scott (Ga.) has entered the race to become the next Speaker teeing up a challenge to Jim Jordan hours after GOP nominee Steve Scalise dropped out of the race. The New York Times described Scott as “a mainstream conservative and ally of the ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy,” and said he is putting himself forward “as a protest candidate against Mr. Jordan, the hard-right Republican who is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee.” The Hill has more: “I don’t necessarily want to be the speaker…
On Thursday, a former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) pleaded guilty to intentionally leaking former President Trump and others tax information. According to the Justice Department, Charles Littlejohn, 38, disclosed the tax returns of “thousands of the nation’s wealthiest individuals” to news organizations and tax information associated with a “high-ranking government official” to a second news outlet. However, Trump is not named in the complaint. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Littlejohn “betrayed the public’s trust” by stealing confidential information. “By using his role as a government contractor to gain access to private tax information, steal that information, and disclose…
Former adviser to President Trump, Jared Kushner says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) told family friends the President’s son-in-law was heading for jail over his link to a since-debunked claim the Trump 2016 campaign colluded with Russia. “My poor mom, I told her to stop, you know reading whatever, I said, ‘I promise you, we didn’t do anything wrong, it’s good,’” Kushner said on the Lex Fridman Podcast. “But you know, she’d call me say, well you know, ‘our friends were on the Upper East Side were talking with Chuck Schumer who says Jared’s going to jail.’” The report from Special Counsel…
On Wednesday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise won the Republican nomination to become the next Speaker. Scalise secured the nomination 113-99 in a closed-door GOP conference meeting, defeating House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a close race that did not have a clear front-runner heading into the internal vote. “I’ve got a long history of bringing people together, uniting Republicans, focusing on the issues that we’ve got to do to address the issues we came here to do to get our country back on track,” Scalise told Fox Business in an interview Tuesday. Republican Reps. Frank Lucas (Okla.),…
Disgraced former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) may finally have to answer for his horrific COVID-19 orders. House select subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic members are threatening to subpoena the former Governor over his alleged failure to respond to the committee’s investigation into Cuomo’s nursing home policies. Committee chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) said Cuomo had failed to produce any documents or communications related to his state’s COVID-19 nursing home policies. The Hill reports Cuomo has until Oct. 17 to cooperate. “To date, we have not received a single document from you. The Select Subcommittee is comprised of physicians…
Who will be the next Speaker of the House? Rep. Steve Scalise (La.) told reporters that he’s confident his bid will succeed and he will ultimately become the next Speaker as House Republicans engage in ongoing closed-door deliberations. The Louisiana Congressman made his argument to fellow Republicans to become the next House speaker on Wednesday as he faces off against Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) who has the support of former President Trump. “One of the things I’ve been talking about as Speaker Steve Scalise is I will be challenging Joe Biden on day one to focus on securing the border,” Scalise said…