‘It is a surrender’: Why McCarthy reversed with his survival uncertain  —  After Saturday's shocking vote, the speaker all but taunted his critics to come after his gavel if they wanted to.  —  When he walked into the Capitol on Saturday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy knew exactly what he'd do to stave off …

Government shutdown hours away as House GOP pitches last-ditch deal  —  Just hours before a government shutdown, the House planned to vote on a measure to keep the government open for 45 days at current spending levels, adding money for U.S. disaster relief but none of the billions of dollars …

McCarthy compares Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a fire alarm to Jan. 6 rioters  —  The fire alarm, which Bowman's office suggested was unintentional, came as Democrats were trying to delay a vote after Republicans rushed to pass the stopgap measure.  —  Rep. Jamal Bowman allegedly pulls fire alarm in House building

Elon Musk crosses the border to Nazi  —  He's blown past blatant antisemitism and is now aligning with Jew-hating, right wing Germans.  What else would you call that?  —  On Thursday I posted on Bluesky that it's been a quiet week for the Jews, and that turned out to be a mistake.

Powerful political player was under investigation in ‘bizarre’ scheme involving Taylor Swift tickets before suicide: SAO  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A powerful political player in Jacksonville who took his own life in an Atlantic Beach parking lot last year was under investigation for a …

House GOP stunner: Spending patch passes with mostly Dem votes  —  “We're tired of f—king around with these whack jobs,” one House Republican said as Kevin McCarthy risked a far-right rebellion aimed at taking his gavel.

These Republican senators voted against the government funding bill  —  The Senate voted to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday night after the House had previously passed the measure.  —  While a small group of nine Republican senators voted against the bill …

The MAGAmerican dream lives in Sarasota  —  On Florida's Gulf Coast, a loose coalition of activists, officials and Trumpworld celebrities is building the world they want to live in  —  There are a few ways to enter Sarasota County's modern conservative paradise, but Vic Mellor led me in through what he calls “the cave of doom.”

Statement from President Joe Biden on Passage of the Bipartisan Bill to Keep the Government Open  —  Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans.

Poll: Trump Maintains Commanding Lead After Second GOP Debate (Exclusive)  —  Voters believed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won the debate, but he gained no ground on Trump  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link …