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GOP lawmaker threatens to go nuclear if 'anarchist' MTG's bid to oust Johnson succeeds

Republicans in the House of Representatives have long expressed frustration with the antics of lawmakers such as Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), but have rarely done something concrete to stop them.

However, an anonymous House Republican tells Axios' Juliegrace Brufke that they may at last reach their breaking point should Greene's bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) succeed.

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Fox News contributor slams Marjorie Taylor Greene as an 'idiot' in scathing op-ed

Someone in the Republican Party needs to tell Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to focus all her "bombastic self-serving showmanship and drama queen energy" away from her own party and instead focus it on Democrats, according to a Fox News contributor.

Greene, who is known for her "wild antics and equally harebrained conspiracy theories," is currently on a mission to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is walking a tightrope over Ukraine funding and reauthorizing the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Fox News contributor Liz Peek wrote.

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Son of GOP megadonor snubs Trump and gives nearly $1M to Biden reelection effort

David Ellison, son of Republican megadonor Larry Ellison, has contributed $929,600 to support President Joe Biden's reelection, marking a significant cross-party donation.

The contribution, made in February, ties him with other major donors this quarter, such as attorney George Conway and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, CNBC reported this week.

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'Hitler was influential': Elise Stefanik buried after being named to Time's top 100 list

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) this week was named one of Time's 100 most influential people, sparking an almost immediate comparison to fascist and totalitarian leaders the magazine has similarly honored in the past.

Stefanik was quick to take a digital victory lap that saw her blasting press releases and social media with the news of her ranking among Time's most influential leaders.

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Biden blasts Trump on trip to childhood home

Joe Biden made a campaign trip to his beloved birthplace Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he unleashed a blistering condemnation of Donald Trump as the tycoon languished in court.

The 81-year-old US president even visited his childhood home in the former mining town as he contrasted his blue-collar roots with the election rival he branded a self-obsessed billionaire.

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Tennessee VW workers hold key unionization vote

Volkswagen employees in Tennessee will begin casting ballots Wednesday in a vote that could make theirs the first foreign carmaker to unionize in the American South, expanding gains made by organized labor in the auto heartland of Detroit.

Hopes were high among supporters of the United Auto Workers (UAW) in Chattanooga, Tennessee on the eve of the three-day vote, as the revived labor organization takes on its first target after last fall's triumphant strike of Detroit's "Big Three."

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Digital 'sleuths' fuel misinformation after Iran strikes

Terrified onlookers crouch behind a wall as lights streak across the night sky in what self-proclaimed digital investigators claimed was footage of Iranian drones over Israel. But the video is months old, repurposed to sow misinformation.

Social media sites such as X, formerly Twitter, were swamped with misrepresented visuals after Iran launched an unprecedented wave of drones and missiles toward Israel at the weekend, exacerbating Middle East tensions during an ongoing war that has already seen a flood of misinformation.

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'I don’t think you’re fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).

Georgia's senior U.S. senator confronted DeJoy — one of former President Donald Trump's top campaign donors who became head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in 2020 — over persistent mail delays in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. A vast majority of mail in the area has been delivered late due to DeJoy's overhaul of the USPS dubbed "Delivering for America." According to Georgia Public Broadcasting, Ossoff gave DeJoy a direct ultimatum during the hearing.

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Trump forced to bail on big GOP fundraiser amid hush money trial: report

Former President Donald Trump will have to miss a major Republican fundraiser because of his New York City hush money trial, according to a new report.

Trump received an invitation to headline the Majority Gala, the National Republican Campaign Committee’s biggest fundraiser this season, on April 23, according to the Daily Beast.

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White House gives cautious nod to Ukraine, Israel bills

The White House said Tuesday that separate aid bills set for a vote in the US House this week appear to meet the long-delayed military needs of Ukraine and Israel.

But US President Joe Biden needs to study the proposals by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson more closely before making a final decision, it added.

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Trump media group plans TV streaming platform

Donald Trump's media group said Tuesday it will launch a streaming television platform, but its shares continued to tumble on Wall Street.

The announcement came as 77-year-old former US president Trump sat through a second day of jury selection in his historic criminal trial.

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‘I have a bucket of water’: Dem vows to save Johnson from GOP that wants ‘world to burn'

Mike Johnson can count on at least some Democrats to save his job after a second Republican announced he supports U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's efforts to remove the embattled GOP Speaker of the House. Weeks ago Greene filed a motion to "vacate the chair," which she can call up at any time to force a vote that could lead to Johnson losing his gavel.

"I just told Mike Johnson in conference that I’m cosponsoring the Motion to Vacate," U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) declared late Tuesday morning. "He should pre-announce his resignation (as Boehner did), so we can pick a new Speaker without ever being without a GOP Speaker."

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'You should have deported her': Marjorie Taylor Greene's bizarre statement on Laken Riley

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) mistakenly suggested that Laken Riley should have been deported before her alleged murder at the hands of an undocumented migrant.

Greene made the remark Tuesday during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing with DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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