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To hear Kevin McCarthy tell it, Marjorie Taylor Greene was deeply remorseful and repentant about her past intolerant social media posts during a gathering of House Republicans on Wednesday night. “She said she was wrong,” said the House Majority Leader of the freshman Georgia Republican. “She has reached out in other ways and forms and

The House voted Thursday evening to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the wake of recently unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from the congresswoman that have triggered widespread backlash from Democrats and divided congressional Republicans. House Democrats, who control the chamber, set up the

At some point in the next 24 hours — after a long process of voting on a series of amendments — the Senate will pass their budget resolution to unlock their ability to write and pass a major Covid-relief bill with just 51 votes. A reminder: the budget resolution is not the Covid-relief bill. It

President Joe Biden announced “America is back” on Thursday and declared that “diplomacy is back at the center” of US foreign policy as he said the US will end all support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive operations in Yemen, one of several changes he announced in his first major foreign-policy speech since taking office. Biden’s announcement

The House is voting Thursday evening on a measure to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the wake of recently unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from the congresswoman that have triggered widespread backlash from Democrats and divided congressional Republicans. House Democrats, who control the

Amid the hustle and bustle of a new administration — especially one assembling in the aftermath of attempted insurrection and an ongoing pandemic — it can be difficult to remember that Americans just emerged from the most successful, secure election in our country’s history. Despite a similarly historic and unprecedented effort to deny that reality,

President Joe Biden told State Department employees that “America is back” as he declared that diplomacy will drive “all” that he plans to do over the course of his presidency. “We’re going rebuild our alliances. We’re going reengage the world and take on the enormous challenges we face dealing with the pandemic, dealing with global

The House will vote Thursday on a measure to remove Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes in the wake of recently unearthed incendiary and violent past statements from the congresswoman that have triggered widespread backlash from Democrats and divided congressional Republicans. House Democrats, who control the chamber,

Former Vice President Mike Pence is joining the Heritage Foundation as a distinguished visiting fellow, according to a press release from the conservative think tank. In a tweet, Pence said the Heritage Foundation “is a flagship of the conservative movement and I am profoundly honored to join them as a distinguished visiting fellow to advance

On Wednesday night, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that the GOP would not remove freshmen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia from her committee assignments, despite the views that she has espoused, which don’t even begin to approach rational thought or, for that matter, fit anywhere along the wide spectrum of acceptable political discourse.