Results for “House Speaker Nancy Pelosi”

ReutersCenter4 days ago

US House Democratic leadership holds news conference

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday advised her colleagues against booting Rep. Covered by 3 outlets: 3 are centre.

Washington ExaminerRight11 hours ago

The ‘My Way’ to hell

“Well, then I wouldn’t be real, would I?” Thus spake Donald Trump, when asked if he would forgive former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to get himself into heaven. That our president would choose damnation tells us bout the man, but...

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Pelosi reflects on historic career and predicts 'big victory' for Democrats

The political environment this year is often compared to the midterms of 2006, when Democrats won back control of Congress. Covered by 18 outlets: 6 lean left, 2 are centre, 10 lean right.

Times of IndiaCenter3 days ago

Mamdani urges allies to make their own decisions on Jeffries’ House Speaker bid

Washington TimesRight10 days ago

House speaker 'disappointed,' but 'never discouraged' on GOP losing majority

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded his party's loss of the majority but predicted they would take back the chamber in 2028.

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left9 days ago

Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch faces mutiny of 26 Democrats calling for new leader after Benton scandal

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s tenure as leader of his chamber’s supermajority caucus is in jeopardy after 26 Democratic state representatives issued a statement calling for new leadership. Illinois House Speaker Emanuel...

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Illinois House speaker's controversies run deep — and were well-known to other powerbrokers in Illinois

<p>As more than one critic of Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch voiced after his announcement that he won’t be running again for the powerful leadership post, his political fall wasn’t as surprising as that it took this long...

ReutersCenter1 day ago

Incoming House Speaker Jeffries heckled at Democratic conference

Incoming House Speaker Jeffries heckled at Democratic conference Reuters

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left8 days ago

After Dem mutiny, Illinois House Speaker to step down

<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Rogers Park neighbors and loved ones are searching for answers after a family of four was killed in a townhome fire.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: The Illinois legislature's House Speaker says...

The Jerusalem PostLeans right11 days ago

US House Speaker Mike Johnson praises Israel’s official 'Biblical' Highway 60 designation

Highway 60 is one of Israel's major north-south transportation arteries, running along the West Bank and connecting a series of locations central to biblical history and Jewish heritage.

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Johnson won't seek reelection as House speaker after Republican wipeout

It's a swift rise and fall for Mike Johnson, often seen as an accidental speaker, who nevertheless drew close to President Donald Trump and led the House GOP during a tumultuous era, with one of the slimmest majorities in modern times....

Raw StoryLeft11 days ago

Paxton’s chilling ‘you may be next’ violence warning blown apart by ex-Texas House speaker

Former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pushed back against fellow Republican Ken Paxton’s chilling Election Day warning about left-wing violence, revealing that he himself has faced death threats from someone on the far right. The...

QuartzLeans left10 days ago

From Nathaniel Banks to Mike Johnson: 10 contested House speaker elections

From the 133-ballot marathon of 1855–56, the longest speaker election in House history, to the 2023 standoffs, these 10 contests trace how the House handles deadlock

KUHTNot rated8 days ago

Senfronia Thompson says she has the votes to become the first woman and first Black Texas House speaker

The 87-year-old Houston Democrat, known as Ms. T, has served in the Legislature since 1973. On Tuesday, her party won control of the Texas House for the first time since 2003.

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left3 days ago

State Rep. Kam Buckner says he's the right person to succeed Chris Welch as House speaker

<p>State Rep. Kam Buckner (D-Chicago) on Wednesday made his case to replace his ally Emanuel "Chris" Welch as Illinois House speaker, arguing that it doesn't have to take a woman to clean up Springfield’s entrenched culture of sexual...

WLS-TVNot rated9 days ago

Dozens of current, incoming IL lawmakers seek to oust Emanuel 'Chris' Welch as state House speaker

A group of Democratic Illinois lawmakers is calling for new leadership in the state House.

The Jerusalem PostLeans right9 days ago

Wiener to hold Pelosi’s House seat after race in which both candidates attacked Israel

“I’m humbled to carry forward the powerful legacy of this seat,” Wiener wrote in a post on X/Twitter, paying homage to Pelosi’s work on behalf of San Francisco and during her time as House Speaker.

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Congress considering limiting computer chip exports to China, Johnson says after Nvidia scandal

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he's in favor of limiting computer chip exports to China, a major competitor to the U.S. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 lean left, 1 are centre, 1 lean right.

The HillCenter29 min ago

Burchett rips Johnson, Thune over FAA funding: ‘Step up to the daggum plate’

GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party’s congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to “step up to the daggum plate” Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass...

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Hakeem Jeffries and Mike Johnson on midterms

ABC News’ Jay O’Brien speaks with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Speaker Mike Johnson, who are both confident their party will control the House after the midterms.

Washington ExaminerRight15 days ago

Johnson warns Democrat midterm victory would unlock sweeping socialist power: ‘2026 is different’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday made an eleventh-hour appeal to voters, warning that handing Democrats wins in the midterm elections would empower socialists to make sweeping changes to the American way of life. In an op-ed...

The HillCenter2 days ago

Petition to make Ayanna Pressley next Speaker garners more than 58K signatures

A Change.org petition requesting Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) be named the next Speaker of the House has received more than 58,000 signatures as of Thursday evening. The petition, released last Friday, was set up by the Coalition for...

Raw StoryLeft5 days ago

Veteran GOP strategist gets savage reminder after saying voters 'believed' GOP failed

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich offered a blunt postmortem on Republicans’ midterm wipeout Sunday, and critics were quick to dig up his own pre-election predictions. “We got beaten badly,” Gingrich said on Fox News. “We got beaten...

New York PostRight2 days ago

If Democrats hand the MTA a windfall, it owes New Yorkers some relief

Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA boss Janno Lieber hope a new cash bath courtesy of Uncle Sam and the coming Democratic-run Congress will bankroll the transit agency’s endless spending spree — but they should think about sharing the windfall...

Washington ExaminerRight14 days ago

DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?

The House Freedom Caucus was founded in the hangover of the Tea Party movement, ostensibly to revolt against the fiscal moderation of then-House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. So, I laughed out loud at the response a Freedom...

The GuardianLeft3 hours ago

Mike Johnson: ‘Leaders have to take responsibility when things go wrong’

Republican House speaker not running for re-election contrasts sharply with president who avoids accountability In his first interview since the midterm elections , the US House speaker, Mike Johnson , said that the Republican party’s...

Breitbart NewsRight5 days ago

Newt Gingrich Advocates for Amnesty for DACA Illegal Alien 'Valedictorians'

Republican Newt Gingrich, who led the charges against reductions to legal immigration levels in the 1990s as House Speaker, is suggesting that President Donald Trump pass an amnesty for illegal alien "valedictorians" who have only...

Raw StoryLeft7 days ago

‘Quite a different tune!’ Jen Psaki showcases right-wing media turning on MAGA

MS NOW’s Jen Psaki said on “The Briefing” that signs the “MAGA fever” is breaking are piling up after the midterms. As proof, she pointed to Tesla’s Cybertruck, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and several conservative media figures....

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Mike Johnson on midterm results: "The people have spoken"

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Monday that "there's not much more that any of us could've done" after massive GOP losses to Democrats in last week's midterm elections. Kevin Bartram/Reuters House Speaker Mike...