Topline President Joe Biden said Thursday he is ready to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to discuss the government’s fiscal year 2024 budget at “any time . . . if he has his budget”—...
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Speaker McCarthy Gives Tucker Carlson 41,000 Hours Of Jan. 6 Footage
Topline House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) handed over 41,000 hours of security tapes from the deadly January 6, 2021 Capitol riots to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a network spokesperson confirm...
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on the debt ceiling
(The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a video above at that time.) House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will deliver an address Monday on the debt ceiling. ...
McCarthy And Biden Had ‘Very Good Discussion,’ Speaker Says—But No Deal Yet
Topline House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday he had a productive meeting with President Joe Biden about raising the debt ceiling, telling reporters he believes he “can find common gr...
Speaker McCarthy Says He Will Meet With Biden For Solution
Topline House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) tweeted Friday he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in an attempt to end a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, which could threaten the nation’...
CryptoSummit.ch 2023: Speaker line-up and agenda online
Switzerland’s premier crypto conference, organized by SMART VALOR, gathers over 100 speakers at its two-day event on 16 and 20 January 2023 in Zurich and Davos. The full agenda is now online. Limited ...
Most Americans Disapprove Of Chaotic House Speaker Race—But Most Republicans Are Happy With Process, Poll Finds
Topline The majority of Americans disapprove of Republicans’ handling of the history-making House speaker election that ended just after midnight Saturday following 15 rounds of votes and high drama o...
These 6 Holdouts Are Blocking McCarthy From Becoming Speaker
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made monumental progress Friday in his bid to become house speaker, winning back 15 Republicans who opposed him in earlier rounds, but a small group of hardliner...
This House Speaker Race Is Not Nearly As Chaotic As The Two-Month, 133-Ballot Epic In 1856—When Slavery Was A Core Issue
Topline The House Speaker election is dragging on to a fourteenth vote, but it’s still a far cry from the chaos and violence that plagued 19th Century speaker races, especially one in 1856 that just p...
McCarthy Falls Short Again In Chaotic House Speaker Race—As Voting Stretches Past 11 Rounds For First Time In 163 Years
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to win the House speaker election in an eleventh round of voting on Thursday, as a group of hard-right holdouts continued to prevent any candidate from se...
What To Know About Kevin Hern—The Latest GOP Speaker Candidate As McCarthy Struggles To Win
Topline Several Republicans opposed to electing Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House opted Thursday to back Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) for the position, throwing yet another long-shot...
Trump Gets One Vote For House Speaker In Apparent Hard-Right Stunt—And He’s Technically Eligible For The Job
Topline Former President Donald Trump received one vote to be the next speaker of the House on the seventh and eighth ballots Thursday afternoon, in what appears to be a stunt as a protest against Rep...
US Congress investigations into FTX are in limbo without a House Speaker
At the time of publication, the United States House of Representatives was at a historic standstill in its process of choosing a Speaker for the 118th Congress — a quagmire that could lead to lawmaker...
Kevin McCarthy Loses Sixth Round Of Votes In Chaotic Speaker Election As GOP Claims ‘Progress’ In Negotiations
Topline The House adjourned on Wednesday following a sixth round of voting in which a coalition of conservatives blocked Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)’s bid to become speaker, but his path to the gav...
What To Know About Byron Donalds—The Republican Challenging McCarthy For Speaker
Topline Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) emerged Wednesday as the main Republican challenger to Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for House speaker, as a group of almost two dozen hard-right repre...
Without A Speaker, House Business Remains At A Standstill—Here’s What’s At Stake
Topline House Republicans’ refusal to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker after multiple rounds of voting on Tuesday has left the lower chamber in a state of paralysis: new members have no...
McCarthy Insists Trump Still Backs Him For Speaker After Historic Loss In 3 Voting Rounds
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday night claimed he still had former President Donald Trump’s support and will remain in the fight to become House speaker, hours after Trump refused to ...
Trump Declines To Keep Endorsing McCarthy For Speaker After Voting Chaos, Report Says
Topline Former President Donald Trump declined to say whether he is still backing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) House speaker bid in an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, after McCarthy fail...
House Adjourns After He Fails To Win Speaker Vote After 3 Rounds
Topline The House of Representatives adjourned Tuesday evening without a speaker and no clear timeline for when one might be chosen after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) failed to secure the votes need...
Lawmakers Shun Him During Historic Speaker Vote (Photos)
Topline Incoming Rep. George Santos’ (R-N.Y.) first day on the House floor was a historic one — for the first time in a century, lawmakers failed to elect a speaker on the first try — but the da...
Kevin McCarthy Gives Into Key Demand Ahead Of House Speaker Vote — But Still Faces Tough Election Bid
Topline Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) could fail in his bid for House Speaker when Congress votes on Tuesday, as the GOP congressman faces strong opposition from some of the party’s more right-wing m...
House Conservatives Reportedly Urge McCarthy To Form Biden-Focused Investigative Panel—Another Demand As McCarthy Vies For Speaker
Topline A coalition of House conservatives are ramping up calls for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to form a new committee to take up the various probes the GOP plans to launch into the Biden Administ...
Crypto’s dislike for NYT peaks with SBF speaker deal
Former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) has confirmed he will speak virtually at New York Times’ (NYT) DealBook Summit event next week, resulting in major backlash online. The last time crypto Twit...
Here Are All The Republicans Opposing McCarthy’s Bid For House Speaker — And What It Means For The Next Congress
Topline Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) said he will not vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House, making him at least the fifth member to indicate opposition to McCarthy’s speakersh...
Kevin McCarthy Fends Off Challenge For House Speaker Nomination—But Still Doesn’t Have The Votes To Win
Topline House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was nominated to be the next speaker of the House on Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Freedom Caucus-backed Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), but ...
Ex-House Speaker, Former Justice Official Join US Policy Crew Assembled by Paradigm
Ryan, who’d joined Gov. Mitt Romney’s ticket as the vice presidential candidate in 2012, will serve on the council with Steve Israel, a former Democratic congressman from New York who ran his party’s ...
Alleged Assailant Hoped To Take Speaker Hostage
Topline The man accused of breaking into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and violently assaulting her husband Paul Pelosi early Friday morning was allegedly hoping to take the speaker ...
Boris Johnson Becomes Keynote Speaker of Blockchain Conference in Singapore
Vladislav Sopov Former British PM will hold keynote speech at International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements in Singapore on Dec. 2 Contents Boris Johnson, Dick Cheney become keynote speakers at D...
Former Prime Minister of UK, Boris Johnson, Keynote Speaker at International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements (ISBA) 2022
9 seconds ago | 1 min read Blockchain News Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson has been announced as the Keynote Speaker at this year’s International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements (ISBA), which is being org...
Former UK PM Boris Johnson to be keynote speaker at major blockchain symposium
Boris Johnson, a former United Kingdom Prime Minister will be the keynote speaker at this year’s International Symposium on Blockchain Advancements (ISBA), the organiser ParallelChain Lab has announce...
Paul Pelosi Underwent Surgery After Alleged Hammer Attack At Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Home
Topline House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi underwent skull and arm surgery after he was allegedly violently attacked with a hammer at the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday–indicat...