The United States' congress is set to vote on a new house speaker after Republicans settled on Ohio Republican representative Jim Jordan - who chairs the judiciary committee investigating President Joe Biden. But Mr Jordan will need to flip 50 members of his own party who voted against him if he's to fill the speaker's chair, which has now been vacant for two weeks. Loughlin … [Read more...]
Margaret Brennan assesses fallout of Kevin McCarthy’s “Face the Nation” interview
At a caucus meeting Tuesday morning, California Rep. Pete Aguilar played a clip from Kevin McCarthy's interview Sunday with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, in which he blamed Democrats for nearly shutting down the government. Brennan and Politico columnist Jonathan Martin examine the role the interview played in McCarthy's ouster as House speaker. #news #politics … [Read more...]