The Latest Breaking News from the House of Representatives

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass…

The end of Mr Jordan’s bid kicks off a free-for-all to lead the House

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

US president said Americans must not walk away from their role as a ‘beacon to the world’ in rare Oval Office address

Eric Garcia chronicles the career of the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, and who failed to replace Kevin McCarthy

Jim Jordan says he plans to speak with the 20 Republicans who did not vote for him

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy

Debbie Lesko said she will not seek re-election because ‘Washington is broken’

Contentious changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have passed the House of Representatives, despite concern over water buybacks.