Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Fall of the House of Usher. From the start of the first episode of The Fall of the House of Usher, we know that all of Roderick Usher’s children are dead. It’s the how and the why of their deaths that plays out over the …
Read More »Movie Review: In the elated ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,’ every seat is the best seat in the house
It opens with a clock counting down until show time — the dropped stomach, rollercoaster slowly encroaching its apex sensation — and then, a gentle fake out. Taylor Swift is heard before she is seen. “It’s been a long time…” her voice carries. Then the drop hits: an abridged performance of “Miss …
Read More »Rep. Steve Scalise wins the House GOP speaker nomination
Jose Luis Magana/AP Republicans have chosen Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., to be their nominee for House speaker in a closed-door, secret-ballot election. Scalise defeated House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, by a vote of 113-99. That gave Scalise a narrow majority of the Republicans’ 221 votes in the chamber, …
Read More »Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd Drops Out of 2024 White House Race, Endorses Nikki Haley
Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd suspended his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday, opting instead to endorse former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley. Mr. Hurd, a former House lawmaker from Texas and a fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, said Ms. Haley is the best candidate in the GOP primary field, …
Read More »As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader
Republicans have no clear idea who will be the next U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress and severely limiting America’s ability to quickly respond to the crisis in Israel — or any number of other problems at home and abroad. On Monday, the ousted former speaker, Kevin McCarthy, quickly jumped …
Read More »Israel war adds urgency to US Republican House speaker crisis
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives face new pressure to select a speaker after Israel declared war on Sunday, following a rare attack by Hamas militants that has prompted calls for more U.S. military aid. Some Republicans, including Representative Jim Jordan, a top candidate for the job, also …
Read More »House Speaker Battle Could Upend Ukraine Aid
The contest to find the next speaker of the House could become a key factor in future rounds of U.S. support for Ukraine. The House is preparing to select a new speaker after eight Republicans and 208 Democrats voted to vacate Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the position on Tuesday …
Read More »McConnell, House Republicans Call for Removing the ‘Motion to Vacate’ Rule
Whoever succeeds Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to hold the House speaker’s gavel should try doing away with the mechanism that allows a single member to force a no-confidence vote on the speaker, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) advised. “I have no advice to give to House Republicans except one: …
Read More »New pics throw cold water on Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s excuses for pulling fire alarm in House building
His excuses are going up in smoke. Images of the fire alarm that Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled in a House office building as his fellow Democrats were trying to delay a key vote to fund the government appear to throw cold water on his claims that the move was just a boneheaded …
Read More »House Rejects Amendment to Stop Sending Cluster Bombs to Ukraine
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday against an amendment to stop the United States from sending cluster munitions to Ukrainian forces. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who has opposed other measures of U.S. aid going to Ukraine, introduced an amendment to a House Defense Appropriations Bill on Wednesday night, …
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