Author: Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner

President Joe Biden‘s request for billions in aid to Ukraine and Israel failed to advance the Senate this week over a dispute on fixing the southern border crisis that has worsened on his watch. Biden offered money for more personnel at the border in his request for emergency aid for Ukraine‘s fight against Russia and…

House members jettisoned indicted New York GOP Rep. George Santos from the Capitol on Friday with a rare expulsion vote that had only been successfully deployed six times in U.S. history. But days before he was kicked out of his job for rampant allegations of ethics violations and criminal fraud, a giant inflatable Santos was…

Israel’s war with Hamas, now in its sixth week, consumed Washington in the final days before lawmakers headed home for the Thanksgiving recess. Tens of thousands descended upon the nation’s capital on Tuesday for the March for Israel, organized to show solidarity with the Jewish state and call for the release of the 240 hostages…

Congress heard firsthand the horrors of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel when families of hostages came to Capitol Hill and pleaded for U.S. assistance to get their loved ones home. “It’s been 30 days. Every day is like an eternity to me,” Doris Liber, mother of hostage Guy Iluz, 26, said Tuesday, flanked…

Israel advanced its ground invasion into Gaza and anti-war protests broke out throughout the United States, including at the Senate. But lawmakers and President Joe Biden this week found some levity with Halloween celebrations that featured a parade of fun costumes for children and four-legged friends. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER…

The fourth time was the charm for House Republicans. After 22 days of drama and a complete standstill of legislative business, the House rallied around its fourth nominee for House speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA). BIDEN SIGNALS DESIRE TO WORK WITH NEW SPEAKER WHILE CAMPAIGN UNDERCUTS HIM AS ‘EXTREME’ Johnson earned unanimous support from House…

The week started off with a sense of optimism as Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) signaled Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) would rally enough Republicans to become the next speaker of the House. But by Friday, Jordan suffered the same fate as McCarthy — failing to secure the necessary votes to lead the fractured House GOP. HOUSE…

The House of Representatives heads into another week without a speaker after Republicans failed to unite around one candidate who can win the majority support necessary in a floor vote. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) initially became the nominee to succeed ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) when he defeated Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in…

Former President Donald Trump returned to Washington D.C. this week voluntarily, following his arraignment in August on federal criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. The former president appeared at a pair of gatherings Friday for socially conservative voters seeking to shore up support…

The biennial event of electing a speaker for the House of Representatives was anything but routine this week. House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) couldn’t secure the necessary votes on Tuesday’s opening day of Congress. Vote after vote, a small but powerful faction of rebel Republicans denied McCarthy the 218 votes needed to ascend to…