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House speaker favorite McCarthy does damage control on Benghazi comments

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's campaign for speaker veered into damage control mode Wednesday after he suggested that the House Benghazi committee can take credit for Hillary Clinton's slumping...

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McCarthy does damage control on Benghazi comments

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's campaign for speaker veered into damage control mode Wednesday after he suggested that the House Benghazi committee can take credit for Hillary...

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A divided GOP looks ahead

Soul-searching in House as McCarthy tries to lock up top job WASHINGTON — Stunned and divided, House Republicans sought a way forward Tuesday as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged to bring them...

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Soul-searching in House as McCarthy tries to lock up top job

Stunned and divided, House Republicans sought a way forward Tuesday as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged to bring them together after Speaker John Boehner's sudden resignation. The five-term...

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Californian McCarthy jockeys to succeed Boehner as speaker

WASHINGTON — Stunned and divided, House Republicans sought a way forward on Tuesday as Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged to bring them together after Speaker John Boehner’s sudden resignation. The...

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The roller-coaster rise, fall of Trey Gowdy for House majority leader

A sudden swell of enthusiasm for U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina to make a late-entry bid into the race for House majority leader faded almost as quickly as it began. After being talked up by...

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Scramble to fill top jobs in House after Boehner exit

WASHINGTON — A chaotic scramble is on to fill the top GOP jobs in the House following Speaker John Boehner's surprise resignation. Now the same conservatives who pushed him out are maneuvering to yank...

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McCarthy leads scramble to fill top House jobs after Boehner

WASHINGTON — Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is assuring House Republicans he can bring them together, even as emboldened conservatives maneuver to yank their next leaders to the right in the wake of...

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Preaching to the choir that does not sing!

“The church leaders in America today are responsible for more damage within than any foreign enemy could have inflicted from without.” – Bradlee Dean Just this week, my wife, my four young boys and I...

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The Obama Doctrine

Ruven Afanador Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the...

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Following John Boehner's resignation, GOP scrambles to fill top jobs in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A chaotic scramble is on to fill the top GOP jobs in the House following Speaker John Boehner's surprise resignation. Now the same conservatives who pushed him out are maneuvering to...

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McCarthy abruptly withdraws candidacy for House speaker

With no warning, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew Thursday from the contest for speaker of the U.S. House, shocking fellow Republicans just before voting was to begin and plunging Congress into...

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Boehner shocks DC, to step down as Speaker

Hardcore conservatives’ long crusade to dramatically change how Washington runs and spends money got a strong shot of momentum in time for next week’s budget fight, thanks to John Boehner’s surprise...

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Which Republicans Oppose Donald Trump? A Cheat Sheet

Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump among several key demographic groups, but she has also locked up a surprisingly large portion of one small but notable niche: neoconservatives. In an interview with...

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100 days of Donald Trump

In April, a few weeks before Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, he stood on a stage in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and made a bold prediction. “At some point, I'm going to be so...

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Tea party fear: Will new House leaders be different?

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Divided House Republicans are searching for a way forward amid conservative fears that a new set of leaders might not be much different from the old. House Majority Leader Kevin...

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Why the 2016 Election Will Be One of the Most Pivotal Moments of Our Time

More than 150 years ago, in 1858, as the national crisis over slavery heightened, Abraham Lincoln famously remarked that "a house divided against itself cannot stand," and that the "crisis" would be...

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McCarthy gives Boehner a B- as he campaigns to replace him

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is giving House Speaker John Boehner a B-minus grade as he seeks conservative support to replace him. McCarthy also says the House's Benghazi...

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