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ALL HAT
In his first campaign video, Jeff Gunter was decked out in western gear head to toe. Records show he'd just purchased them at a chain retailer.
Reese Gorman is a Politics Reporter at the Daily Beast focused on Trumpworld and Congress. Prior to being at the Daily Beast, he was a Congressional Reporter at the Washington Examiner where he focused on House Republicans. He got his start in journalism at a local paper in Norman, Oklahoma and then covered state politics and the state Capitol for The Frontier.
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TRUMP CARD
Sources in Trump’s inner orbit told The Daily Beast that Johnson has “gotten everything he should expect to get from Trump.”
CHURCHILL MOMENT
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finally gave Ukraine aid a vote on the House floor, passing the legislation overwhelmingly. Now he's looking at a potential GOP mutiny.
CLOCK IS TICKING
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is using some complex congressional procedure to force the Senate to vote on a bill that would force the sale of TikTok within a year.
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CHICKEN KYIV
The House speaker is betting he can get Ukraine aid over the finish line this week—and that it won’t cost him his speakership.
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SEND REGRETS
Trump was invited to headline the House GOP's big spring fundraiser in Dallas, but had to finally cancel because of his scheduled trial in Manhattan.
SCRAMBLE THE JETS
“The Biden Trial is a show trial in the truest sense of the term,” a document of talking points declares.
MIKE DROP
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said on Tuesday he is joining the effort to remove the new Speaker of the House from his job.
BROKE BOY
The disgraced former U.S. representative says he doesn’t want people to think he’s a grifter.
TO THE RESCUE
“We’re getting along very well with the speaker, and I get along with Marjorie,” Trump said when asked about the motion to vacate.