Blood in the Water: Sharks Circle Embattled Speaker Mike Johnson
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in uncharted waters and heading for the rocks.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is in uncharted waters and heading for the rocks.
Speaker Mike Johnson has reportedly reopened lines of communication with Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries Friday morning after failing to usher through the spending deal endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.
House Republicans are going back to the drawing board after a deal negotiated Thursday failed decidedly just hours later.
President-elect Donald Trump stepped in to provide a path to potentially avoid a government shutdown, just 24 hours after a deal negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) collapsed.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Thursday faced the most serious threat to his position since 163 Democrats voted to save his gavel back in May.
The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), an agency that funds organizations that censor conservative media including Breitbart News.
The lame-duck continuing resolution unveiled just three days before a potential government shutdown strips a provision included in spending bills since 2009 to block automatic raises for Congress, effectively giving senators and House members a raise.
House leaders unveiled a 1,547-page continuing resolution — including at least tens of billions of dollars in additional goodies — just hours before a vote to keep the government open past the Friday deadline.
Government funding expires Friday at midnight, but congressional leaders are still finalizing an expanding compromise to punt the deadline and staple on hundreds of billions of dollars in unrelated additional spending.
President-elect Donald Trump will file a lawsuit “today or tomorrow” against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for allegedly skewing poll results to benefit Kamala Harris.
President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to wage war over his constitutional impoundment authority, and Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) is leading the congressional advance.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was hospitalized while traveling in Europe on official taxpayer business.
Sen. John Cornyn, (R-TX) after losing his leadership race, attempted to leapfrog Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to lead the Senate Intelligence Committee, despite Cotton holding seniority on the committee.
Vice President-elect JD Vance flew to Washington Wednesday to block President Joe Biden’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board.
President-elect Donald Trump won’t have to wait long to separate the wheat from the chaff, as multiple roadblocks lay ahead from establishment Republicans quick to claim allegiance to Trump while surreptitiously working against his America First agenda.
Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, admitted to the panel that she violated her sworn oath and leaked details of the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz to the press, The Hill reported Monday.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suffered a fall Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol that required medical treatment.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) took another critical step Monday towards voting to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
The new Republican majority Senate will confirm all President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) predicted Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump is committed to his nominee for secretary of defense through an ongoing smear campaign from the establishment media.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reached a truce with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ahead of President Donald Trump’s critical 100 day legislative sprint.
Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) had a “good conversation” Tuesday with Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, she told Breitbart News on Wednesday.
The Washington Post’s national security reporter is unimpressed with Pete Hegseth’s 20-plus awards and commendations during his two combat tours, emails obtained Wednesday by Breitbart News reveal.
YouTube removed a House Freedom Caucus-affiliated group’s page Monday without warning. The public webpage for House Freedom Action’s YouTube profile sent to a generic page reading, “The page isn’t available” as of Monday evening. The page served as a repository
Rep. Jared Moskowitz is the first Democrat to join the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, he announced Tuesday, providing it with a bipartisan shot in the arm.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) praised Pete Hegseth after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, saying he is the “drill sergeant” that can get the Pentagon back on the right track.
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) condemned President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter Biden, on Sunday night.
Voters sent a clear message they want transformative changes throughout their government, but don’t expect Congress to begin delivering on that mandate this year.
Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) quickly condemned President Joe Biden after pardoning his son Hunter Sunday night.
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) slammed President Joe Biden’s Sunday night pardon of his son Hunter.
Nate Silver, a celebrated statistician and writer who founded FiveThirtyEight, went on a social media tirade against President Joe Biden after Biden pardoned his son Hunter despite years of insisting he would not do so.
President-elect Donald Trump predicted President Joe Biden would pardon his criminal son Hunter even as the elder Biden repeatedly denied he would do so.
The Thanksgiving holiday is manufactured propaganda that has been used to further “racial exclusion,” leftwing Axios claimed on Thanksgiving Eve.
President-elect Donald Trump is considering rearranging White House press briefings in a move that could leave establishment media outlets out to dry.
Republicans should lock arms with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) to keep gender-dysphoric men out of women’s restrooms, a letter spearheaded by the American Principles Project (APP) urged Wednesday.
Volodymyr Zelensky launched his career making audiences chuckle, but the Ukrainian president is now giving the dramatic performance of his lifetime in a production financed by Uncle Sam.
Republicans in Congress are circling the wagons to support a Texas law to shield children from “one of the largest public health crises of the digital age: internet pornography.”
Vice President-elect JD Vance has worn a handful of hats this year, but his sights are now centered on ensuring the Donald Trump administration secures wins — early and often.
Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) thanked Matt Gaetz after the former Florida congressman withdrew from consideration for Attorney General after being nominated by Donald Trump. Gaetz announced his withdrawal Thursday morning, spurring Trump and many others to offer their appreciation for
Thursday morning, Mace destroyed a transgender flag cobbled together with sheets of copy paper, included a message reading “You can’t erase us, Nancy,” according to Mace.