Marjorie Taylor Greene

'Pathetic': Lawmaker accused of making Kate Middleton cancer news 'about himself'

Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut drew criticism on Friday after appearing upset that his appearance on CNN was purportedly bumped for a story about Kate Middleton having cancer.

Murphy, a Democrat, is known for his passionate defense of shooting victims. In this case, however, he said he was scheduled to discuss the healthcare system in the United States.

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'Wow!' Strategist airs theory behind Republican's 'carefully timed' resignation

The House GOP majority is hanging by a thread — and political analysts are taking notice.

On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was dealt yet another blow when Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) became the latest of multiple GOP lawmakers to announce he would not complete his term, instead saying he will resign effective on April 19.

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Republican House majority in peril after yet another congressman announces resignation

Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) will resign from his position next month and leave the Republican's House majority "hanging by a thread," according to his press team and reports.

Gallagher, 40, made the unusual mid-term announcement Friday on X, where he disclosed his last day serving Wisconsin's Eighth Congressional district will be April 19.

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GOP lawmaker in vulnerable seat erases vow to 'fight to defend the right to life': report

A Republican congressman fighting to keep his vulnerable seat in Nebraska quietly deleted a portion of his website that bragged about his anti-abortion bonafides — signaling just how potentially harmful the GOP's current stance on abortion can be to its own party, a report stated Friday.

The section on Don Bacon's website declared that he “will always fight to defend the right to life.” Also deleted from the website were the perfect ratings he received from anti-abortion organizations like the Susan B. Anthony List, National Right to Life, and the Faith and Freedom Coalition.

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Dems poised to make Marjorie Greene's new gambit backfire in spectacular fashion

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) sparked yet more turmoil in the House of Representatives on Friday when she filed a motion to vacate the chair of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

However, CNN's Manu Raju reports that there's a good reason to believe that Johnson will not suffer the same fate as his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — largely because House Democrats are signaling that they'll bail him out.

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'Absurdity from absurd members': Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle slam MTG's new move

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's new motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson, they said in interviews with Raw Story Friday.

Outrage churned on Capitol Hill as Greene targeted Johnson — who forced members to vote on a massive omnibus spending package to prevent a government shutdown — by taking steps similar to those that ousted the previous House speaker Kevin McCarthy just last October.

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Candace Owens fired from Daily Wire after pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories

Conservative commentator and sometimes-pusher of antisemitic conspiracy theories, Candace Owens, has been fired from her role at the Daily Wire, according to a post to X by the outlet's co-founder Jeremy Boreing.

"Daily Wire and Candace Owens have ended their relationship," Boreing wrote Friday, setting off a wave of speculation that Owens' firing was due to her recent comments about Jews in Hollywood, as well as other controversial statements she's made.

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'The clock has started': Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Johnson his days are numbered

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) created more internal drama for her fellow House Republicans on Friday when she filed a motion to vacate the chair of the speaker of the House of Representatives.

While speaking with reporters after filing the motion, Greene sent a pointed message to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that his days leading the chamber were numbered.

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'What a hot mess': CNN says House GOP in 'state of chaos' as MTG moves to oust speaker

Reacting to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filing a resolution to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), CNN host Jim Acosta called what is currently happening in the Republican-controlled House nothing less than a "hot mess."

Greene's power move, coming as the 2024 election looms, has now thrown Republicans ready to leave for a two-week vacation into chaos, reported CNN's Manu Raju who questioned if it will come to a vote soon.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene moves to oust Speaker Mike Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) threw the House of Representatives into chaos on Friday when she filed a motion to vacate the chair of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), according to Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News.

Greene's petition marks the second time in less than a year that a House Republican has moved to oust their own speaker after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) last year filed a motion to vacate that led to the downfall of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

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'Just putting on a show': MSNBC host slams drama at GOP's latest Biden impeachment hearing

As the latest House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing unfolded on Wednesday, MSNBC host Ana Cabrera quipped that it seemed like lawmakers were trying to create drama to score media attention.

Capitol Hill reporter Ryan Nobles pointed to Florida Democrat Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who showed up in a Vladimir Putin mask. It's a reference to one of the Republican witnesses, Alexander Smirnov, who is accused of getting "dirt" on Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden, after a meeting with Russian intelligence.

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Pipe bombs and cocaine: Jim Jordan opens latest Biden impeachment hearing

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) used his opening remarks at a House hearing on the impeachment of President Joe Biden to opine on pipe bombs and cocaine.

"Who planted the pipe bombs on January 6th?" Jordan asked to kick off the House Oversight hearing on Wednesday. "Nobody seems to know. Who leaked the [Supreme Court's] Dobbs draft opinion? You know, the leak that led to an assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh."

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Meet the Republicans who voted against condemning Putin’s illegal abduction of children

In a rare, massively bipartisan vote on Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning Russia's illegal abduction of thousands of children from Ukraine, and holding Russian President Vladimir Putin responsible. The final tally was 390-9. All nine "no" votes were by Republicans.

Sponsored by Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Susan Wild, HR 149, "Condemning the illegal abduction of children from Ukraine to the Russian Federation," had been introduced in February of 2023 and made its way to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where it sat for nearly nine months before being passed unanimously and sent to the full House for a vote. It is symbolic and does not order any funds or any actions.

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