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Republican AGs File Suit Against Biden’s ATF Over Background Check Rule

Republican Attorneys General Ken Paxton of Texas and Kris Kobach of Kansas announced two related lawsuits against a background check rule imposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives published the rule on April 10, greatly expanding the reach of background checks in firearms sales. Paxton announced the […]

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik again demands perjury probe of Trump ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen

House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik and the House Intelligence Committee chair on Wednesday accused the Justice Department of ignoring its request to investigate former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen for perjury before Congress. denounced. Cohen, 57, who worked as Trump’s lawyer and fixer before rebelling against him, lied to the Intelligence Committee about various […]

House Dems Vow To Tank MTG’s Bid To Oust Republican Speaker Mike Johnson

House Democrats announced on Tuesday that they would vote to table Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempt to remove House GOP Speaker Mike Johnson from his leadership position. Greene first filed the motion to vacate on March 22 during the latest appropriations fight, and the effort has picked up the support from Republican Reps. […]

Republican lawmakers tell Biden to get off TikTok

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Troy Neals (R-Texas) on Monday urged President Biden to lead by example over the national security threat posed by Chinese-owned apps. He called for a temporary suspension of the campaign’s use of TikTok. Despite the president’s failure to sign into law last week a bill requiring Chinese government-backed company […]

Mike Johnson finds his footing despite House Republican land mines

In the last month, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has pulled off what at one time seemed like an impossible feat.  Despite an unruly conference and his own inexperience, he managed to usher through the House three sets of bills that fractured Republicans for much of the 118th Congress. Each piece of legislation, on foreign aid, […]

Florida Rep. Bill Posey becomes latest Republican to announce retirement

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Florida) announced Friday that he will retire at the end of this year, adding to the wave of resignations. “Representing you in Congress has been the greatest honor of both Katie’s and my life,” Posey said in a statement. “And I look forward to another active campaign for her final term, as […]

Ex-House Republican who voted to impeach Trump drops Michigan Senate bid

Former Rep. Peter Meyer (R-Mich.) announced Friday night that he has withdrawn from the race to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. “I entered this race because I believed we had the best chance of winning in November as we worked to rectify this situation and reverse the trend line that has worsened over the […]