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As many already know, Kevin McCarthy was removed as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives several weeks ago. But the removal of McCarthy wasn’t unanimous; rather, it was quite contentious. Specifically, “The House voted 216-210 to oust McCarthy, with a handful of conservatives joining Democrats to remove him.”

The former Trump administration Russia expert says Gaza and Ukraine “could be global-system-shifting wars, something like World War I and World War II."

Republicans’ long public nightmare came to an end this past week when Louisiana’s Mike Johnson became the 56th speaker of the House. If you’re like most people who claim to be smart about politics, you immediately pretended to know who he was and then went to Google him.

Republicans’ long public nightmare came to an end this past week when Louisiana’s Mike Johnson became the 56th speaker of the House. If you’re like most people who claim to be smart about politics, you immediately pretended to know who he was and then went to Google him.

Mike Johnsons role in the Trump-backed lawsuit quickly became a rallying point for Republicans, who vigorously booed a reporters question about that election

He has devoted his career to demeaning, endangering and imprisoning LGBTQ+ people. That's the résumé House Republicans were looking for.

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U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentuckys 1st District voiced his support for fellow Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana Wednesday after Johnson was voted speaker of the House.

Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as the new speaker of the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known party leader to a major seat of US power and ending weeks of chaos in their majority.