Hosts Aubrey Gulick and Luther Abel return to The Spectator P.M. Podcast’s booth to discuss the new House speaker, their mutual distaste for horror movies, and Aubrey’s deep dive into AI-generated disinformation coming out of Gaza. When they aren’t aiming…
It might have been embarrassing, and it might have given the enemies in the political class ample opportunities to snicker and hurl insults. But at the end of the day, the result reached when Mike Johnson won a 220–209 vote…
After 21 days of deliberation and hours of closed-door meetings and elections, the House of Representatives has finally chosen Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to be its next speaker. On Wednesday afternoon, Johnson, who served as a deputy whip and sits…
There are times when American politics transcends the absurd and enters the realm of memes. Washington, D.C., has tried the former for quite some time now, but we could very well be on the cusp of seeing the Swamp turn…
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich led the Republican Party to victory in 1994, when the GOP took back the majority in Congress for the first time in 40 years. He tells the story in detail in his book,…
Sound of Freedom was released less than a month ago, but it’s already having an impact in Congress. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters that he would be holding a screening of the new film for members of Congress on…
With former President Donald Trump the target of a Third World dictator–style indictment and arrest by his political opponent, the GOP’s Senate leadership suddenly has fallen silent. In what is effectively a thumbs up for a wildly unconstitutional — not…
President Joe Biden met with congressional leaders today over the debt ceiling, which the Treasury will hit in about a month. A wounded political animal — 36 percent approval rating indicates wounded — Biden may go for broke, in a…
Friday morning, the House of Representatives passed the Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R.5), a measure that would guarantee parents a meaningful voice in their children’s education. In a sane political environment, this would not have been a controversial bill….
