House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) won’t seek re-election, he told Axios in an interview.
Why it matters: Green joins a sizable number of powerful Republicans exiting Congress, with the Tennessee Republican noting that the slim GOP majority and dysfunction in Congress was part of his decision not to seek re-election.
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) announced Wednesday he is relinquishing his role as assistant House Democratic leader after just over a year in the job.
Why it matters: Clyburn was the last of the troika led by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to remain in leadership.
Roughly a third of Republicans believe in a "covert government effort" for Taylor Swift to help President Biden win the 2024 presidential race, new polling reveals.
Why it matters: The conspiracy theory is one of many that Republicans embrace about nefarious "covert government efforts" related to anything from elections to criminal indictments against former President Trump.
A discussion on individuals' and small businesses' right to transact privately got heated during a House Financial Services hearing on financial crime Wednesday.
Why it matters: Democratic policymakers were focused on protecting the public from criminals and terrorists, but Republicans focused on keeping open opportunities for small businesses and individuals.
Congressional leaders are set to be briefed on what House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called a "serious national security threat" on Wednesday.
Why it matters: Turner's cryptic statement is a rare example of a top House official calling for the president to declassify information about an ongoing threat.
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), an ally of former President Trump, on Wednesday slammed House Republicans' historic impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, calling it "dead on arrival" in the Democratic-led Senate, according to NBC News.
Why it matters: Cramer's comments underline the remaining ideological divide between House and Senate Republicans, which was also highlighted earlier this week by their disagreement on additional aid to Ukraine, Israel and other allies in the Indo-Pacific.
Industry leaders convened at Axios BFD Miami on Feb. 13 to discuss the biggest deals in the market, what's driving the news and the future landscape of 2024.
Why it matters: Some Republicans fear the result will accelerate their party's embrace of zero sum politics. "We always take away the wrong things," said one.
Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" comeback on Monday night drew the show's biggest audience since 2018.
Why it matters: The reunion — almost nine years after Stewart departed — marked a key moment for a show that has struggled to retain viewers since he left.
Chris LaCivita, a Trump campaign senior adviser, is in line to take over a GOP operation expected to spend $1 billion on the '24 race — effectively merging Donald Trump's campaign with the Republican National Committee, and enhancing his already tight grip on the party.
Why it matters: Trump's move to have LaCivita, one of his campaign's top two officials, also serve as the RNC's chief operating officer will make the two entities "a distinction without a difference," one senior Trump adviser told Axios.
A new documentary examines how rising white Christian nationalism in the U.S. could upend democracy and impose theocratic rule at a time when the nation is becoming more diverse and less religious.
Why it matters: "God & Country," set to be released in select theaters Friday, arrives as books published recently by former and practicing evangelicals have issued alarms about the Christian nationalism that has increased its presence in churches and Republican politics.
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday won back his old House seat in a contested special election to replace expelled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), AP projects.
Why it matters: Suozzi's win cuts into House Republicans' thin majority and may raise alarm bells for them ahead of November.
Just two of the 17 Republicans who have become senators since former President Trump took office in 2017 voted Tuesday to pass the Senate's foreign aid bill.
Why it matters: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has outlasted all the other major GOP leaders from the pre-Trump era, but he's running out of soldiers.
The Senate's overwhelming passage of a $95 billion foreign aid package Tuesday morning has backed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) into a corner.
Why it matters: Johnson is betting that his GOP members won't go rogue and help Democrats force a floor vote on the aid bill, which would be a dramatic and embarrassing blow to his speakership.
The House on Tuesdayvoted 214-213 to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of an influx of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Why it matters: It's the first time since War Secretary William Belknap in 1876 that a cabinet secretary has been impeached, though Mayorkas is all but certain to be acquitted by the Senate.
Why it matters: Kushner was criticized for standing by MBS in the aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi's murder as a senior U.S. official and, more recently, for courting Saudi investments after leaving the White House.
