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☆ Lindsey Graham jokes that he's too sane to try to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rebecca Cohen | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina joked that he's too sane to assume the House speakership. Fellow Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia playfully told Graham that he could compete for the position. The conversation came after the House on Tuesday voted 216-210 to remove McCarthy from the role. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepublican Sen. Lindsey Graham doesn't think he's up for the job of Speaker of the House — but that's because he's not crazy enough to apply. "Hey Lindsey, you know you don't have to be a member of the House to be chosen speaker," the Virginia Democrat told Graham.

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☆ Kevin McCarthy's CBS interview, where he blamed Democrats for the near-government shutdown, tanked any hope of them saving his speakership
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A CBS News interview destroyed any chance that Kevin McCarthy had in keeping his job as speaker. But ahead of the vote, McCarthy said that he wasn't entertaining any major concessions from the minority party. After Democratic leaders showed the "Face the Nation" interview to members on Tuesday, McCarthy's remarks angered members from across the party's ideological spectrum. AdvertisementAdvertisementAhead of today's vote on an effort to oust @SpeakerMcCarthy, the House Democratic Caucus watched McCarthy's interview with @margbrennan on Sunday, where he attempted to blame House Democrats for the near-government shutdown. "After I saw Kevin McCarthy's interview with Margaret Brennan, all magnanimity left my body," he told Punchbowl News on Tuesday.

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☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger says politics needs a leader like Deion Sanders who's focused on 'the big picture' of how to be 'No. 1 as a country'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Schwarzenegger said the US needs a "big picture" leader like Deion Sanders to produce results. "We need a leader who has the energy to bring people together," he told The New York Times Magazine. Sanders, a former NFL and MLB star, is now the head football coach at the University of Colorado. "I mean, what it needs is someone in politics like Deion Sanders," he said of the US. 1 as a country, and this is what we need to do, and we need to have everyone come together.

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☆ Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger believes there's still a 'home' for him in the Republican Party, but says his state's GOP has 'done a horrible job'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Schwarzenegger told The New York Times Magazine there's still a "home" for him in today's GOP. But he was critical of the California Republican Party, which he said wasn't listening to citizens. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger did something that seems nearly impossible these days: He was elected governor of California as a Republican. But he was much less charitable about the California Republican Party, which has struggled to elect any statewide candidates in recent years. "In the state of California, the Republican Party has done a horrible job to represent the people," the former governor told the magazine.

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☆ Jimmy Carter is 99 years old. Carter's grandson says exercise is the key to the former president's longevity.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Presidential grandson Jason Carter credits exercise to former President Jimmy Carter's longevity. Jason Carter told Time that his grandfather would likely attribute his longevity to his marriage. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Jimmy Carter turned 99 years old on Sunday and remains the longest living commander-in-chief in US history. And as Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter celebrate the momentous occasion this weekend with family and friends, the former president's grandson, Jason Carter, pointed to exercise as the reason for the ex-president's longevity. In a photograph from September 1966, then Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters.

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☆ Fetterman blasts the government shutdown near-miss and says lawmakers can't 'allow' the Freedom Caucus to turn governing into 'The Steve Wilkos Show'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. John Fetterman blasted the Freedom Caucus over the government shutdown near-miss on Saturday. The Senate overwhelmingly passed a stopgap bill that was then signed into law by President Biden. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . We must not allow the Freedom Caucus to turn our government into 'The Steve Wilkos Show.'" After the Senate passed the stopgap measure, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the broad bipartisan vote while excoriating hardline conservatives over the weeks of political wrangling on Capitol Hill.

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☆ McCarthy tells Republicans threatening to oust him to 'bring it' after House passes stopgap spending bill with mostly Democratic votes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kevin McCarthy on Saturday forcefully defended House passage of a 45-day stopgap spending bill. The bill, if passed by the Senate, will fund the government through November and avert a shutdown. But the bill was backed by 209 Democrats and 126 Republicans, with 90 Republicans voting against the measure (only one Democrat voted against the bill). Funding for additional Ukraine aid and border security provisions were not included in the stopgap bill — which frustrated many Democrats and Republicans, respectively. AdvertisementAdvertisement"If someone wants to make a motion against me, bring it," the speaker said during an afternoon news conference.

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☆ Ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he could 'afford to have five or six people be idiots' during standoffs in the 1990s, a contrast to the numerous GOP hardliners creating challenges for McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Newt Gingrich recently told Politico of the difference between the '90s-era House GOP and today's slim majority. The ex-speaker said he could "afford to have five or six people be idiots" in the face of a shutdown. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter the 1994 elections, House Republicans secured a 230-seat majority, and they won 226 seats after the 1996 elections. During the Clinton administration, Gingrich told Politico that he could "afford to have five or six people be idiots."

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☆ Republicans are accusing a Democratic lawmaker of pulling a fire alarm to buy time before a House vote on the stopgap spending bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Republicans on Saturday said Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a House office building. "Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning," Rep. Bryan Steil wrote on X.Steil, the chairman of the House Administration Committee, said an investigation was underway. AdvertisementAdvertisementHouse Republicans on Saturday said that Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in a congressional office building as Democrats sought to delay a vote on a GOP-authored stopgap spending bill. "Rep Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in Cannon this morning. The House did eventually pass the stopgap spending measure, which keeps the government funded for 45 more days, on Saturday afternoon.

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☆ Progressives are pressing California Gov. Gavin Newsom to reverse his earlier vow to tap a Senate caretaker and instead appoint Barbara Lee to succeed Dianne Feinstein
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Progressives want Gavin Newsom to tap Rep. Barbara Lee to succeed Dianne Feinstein in the Senate. But such a move would reverse Newsom's earlier pledge to appoint a caretaker to the seat. "When Newsom appointed Padilla for VP seat he didn't appoint a caretaker," Khanna wrote. "She would be most prepared to step in and carry forth the work Senator Feinstein has worked on for so many decades," she told the newspaper. Lee said earlier in September that she was "troubled" by Newsom's thinking on what was then a hypothetical Senate appointment.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Ted Cruz told her not to be a 'tattletale' after she complained to Mark Meadows that Cruz crashed a Trump tarmac arrival in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, recounted her dismay with Ted Cruz over a 2020 incident. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, in her new memoir, said that Sen. Ted Cruz told her not to be a "tattletale" after she vented to Mark Meadows about him showing up to greet President Donald Trump at a tarmac arrival in Texas. In the memoir, Hutchinson described her plan to have Republican Gov. As a top aide to then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Hutchinson said she wasn't impressed by Cruz's actions. "That was the last time I spoke to Ted Cruz," she added.

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☆ Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson says she didn't recognize NBA icon Charles Barkley after he thanked her for testifying
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hutchinson was approached by Charles Barkley but was unaware of his identity, per her new book. Hutchinson said her lack of knowledge about Barkley was "embarrassing," but she found humor in the situation. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson admits that her knowledge of basketball greats might be rather terrible. "Cassidy, you're trying to tell us you don't know who Charles Barkley is?!" "'You're embarrassing me,' I said.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says she felt 'unsettled' when Mark Meadows secretly recorded a phone conversation with Nancy Pelosi: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassidy Hutchinson in her new book wrote of her unease when Meadows recorded a conversation with Pelosi. After Meadows asked her to record the call, Hutchinson pushed back, calling the request "bizarre." Hutchinson wrote that Meadows stressed the importance of being able to produce "receipts." AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in her new memoir said that her onetime boss, ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows, once recorded an August 2020 phone conversation with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unbeknownst to the veteran lawmaker and her staff. When I did not immediately do as he asked, he turned on his own phone's recorder before calling Speaker Pelosi to discuss a COVID-related issue."

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☆ Mark Meadows had never drunk alcohol before he accidentally downed 3.5 White Claws in the White House, Cassidy Hutchinson says in new book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Meadows accidentally got tipsy at the White House for the first time, according to Cassidy Hutchinson's book. Meadows never drank alcohol before he downed White Claw at the White House in 2020, according to Hutchinson. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump's onetime chief of staff Mark Meadows never drank alcohol in his life before he accidentally got tipsy off multiple cans of White Claw in the White House, ex-Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson said in her new memoir. According to Hutchinson, Meadows explained that he was sitting with Vought and "started to get thirsty." I'm drinking alcohol on a Monday morning, and I've never even had a drink before," Meadows said, according to Hutchinson's book.

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☆ Mark Meadows said if he kept Trump out of jail he'd have 'done a good job' as Chief of Staff: Cassidy Hutchinson book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Cassidy Hutchinson in her new book wrote that Meadows spoke of his desire to keep Trump out of jail. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson in her new memoir said that onetime White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told her that if he kept then-President Donald Trump out of jail, he'd be doing a "good job." AdvertisementAdvertisement"Cass, if I can get through this job and manage to keep [Trump] out of jail, I'll have done a good job," Meadows told Hutchinson, per her memoir. Meadows' tenure in the White House ended in January 2021, after Trump departed the White House to make way for incoming President Joe Biden. Nearly three years removed from the White House, Trump now faces four criminal indictments.

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☆ Trump campaign backtracks claim that he bought a Glock handgun in South Carolina after it became clear that would be illegal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Trump campaign claimed that he bought a Glock handgun from a South Carolina gun store. In a video posted on X, a Trump spokesman wrote: "President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!" In the video, Trump pointed to the Glock and said "Wow," before adding: "I've got to buy one. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn the now-deleted X post, Cheung wrote: "President Trump purchases a @GLOCKInc in South Carolina!" Insider reached out to the Trump campaign for further comment.

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☆ Former Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson says Trump's reelection chances will be maximized if the federal government doesn't treat the migrant crisis as an 'all hands on deck' situation
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeh Johnson said that a failure to effectively tackle the migrant crisis would boost Trump in 2024. "The federal government needs to be all hands on deck, and that includes the State Department," he said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But since taking office, the administration has had to grapple with an ever-growing number of apprehensions at the southern border. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday, only 23% of registered voters approved of Biden's handling of immigration at the southern border, compared to 62% of respondents who disapproved.

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☆ Democratic donors rolled their eyes at a recent meeting when the Biden campaign team included GOP-trending Florida as a state that could help reelect the president next year, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Biden reelection campaign sees Florida as a potential state on their expansion map, per WaPo. But donors remain skeptical of Florida being a part of Biden's reelection calculus, per the paper. According to WaPo, there were "deep eye-rolls" among donors when Florida was brought up during a presentation. Florida, Florida, Florida. But the Biden campaign seemingly isn't giving up hope, despite the odds.

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☆ Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who has long been one of Trump's biggest political targets, says he'll back the ex-president should he win the GOP nomination
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Kemp says he'll back Trump should the ex-president win the GOP nomination. Kemp told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Trump "would still be a lot better than Biden." AdvertisementAdvertisement"Despite all of that, despite all of his other trials and tribulations, he would still be a lot better than Biden," Kemp said of Trump. "And the people serving in the administration would be a lot better than than Joe Biden." Last month, Kemp alluded to his support for the eventual GOP nominee, writing on X that "2024 is too important for political games."

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☆ Trump leads Biden by 10 points in newly released national poll of the 2024 presidential race, a departure from recent surveys showing a closer contest
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows Trump leading Biden by a 10-point margin (52%-42%). Most national polls taken in recent months have showed a close race between Biden and Trump. A Fox News national poll released earlier this month showed Trump leading Biden 48%-46% among registered voters, while a recent Quinnipiac University survey showed Biden ahead of Trump 47%-46% among registered voters. A Wall Street Journal poll released last month showed both men tied at 46% each among registered voters. And a new NBC News poll released on Sunday also showed Biden and Trump tied at 46% among registered voters.

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☆ More than 6 in 10 say they disapprove of Biden's handling of immigration at the US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Biden continues to struggle with voters over his handling of immigration at the US-Mexico border. A new Washington Post-ABC News poll showed that 62% disapproved of his efforts on the issue. Biden's relationship with NYC Mayor Eric Adams has noticeably cooled as the city struggles to house migrants. In a newly released Washington Post-ABC News poll, only 23% of registered voters approved of Biden's handling of immigration at the southern border, compared to 62% of respondents who disapproved. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn February, 28% approved of Biden's handling of immigration, compared to 59% of respondents who disapproved, a reflection of the administration's continued struggles on the issue.

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☆ The mayor of deep blue Dallas has ditched the Democratic Party, citing his disdain for 'virtue signaling.' It gives the GOP a foothold in one of America's biggest cities.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Eric Johnson, the mayor of Dallas, has left the Democratic Party and joined the GOP. Johnson, in a WSJ op-ed, called out Democrats for what he said was their "virtue signaling" on issues. The party switch gives Republicans a major foothold in one of the country's most populous cities. AdvertisementAdvertisement"In other words, American cities need Republicans — and Republicans need American cities," he continued. "Mayors across the country, Democratic mayors, we are the boots on the ground.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says Mark Meadows burned so many documents before leaving the White House that the then-chief of staff's wife complained about dry-cleaning bills to remove the 'bonfire' smell: repo
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hutchinson in her new book and during a New York Times interview described a White House steeped in paranoia. Hutchinson alleged that Meadows burned files in his fireplace, which ran up his dry-cleaning costs. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Giuliani and Eastman were two of the most vocal backers of former President Donald Trump's debunked claims regarding the 2020 election. In the memoir, Hutchinson wrote of how she felt "a creeping sense of dread that something really horrible [was] going to happen" on January 6.

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☆ Cassidy Hutchinson says she once encountered MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell exploring the White House unescorted
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Cassidy Hutchinson said she once ran into Mike Lindell walking around the White House unescorted. She says Lindell said: "We can still win," referencing an effort to overturn Biden's 2020 victory. Hutchinson wrote about the interaction in her forthcoming book. Lindell was a fixture in the conservative push to overthrow now-President Joe Biden's electoral win immediately after the election that November. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat same day, Lindell was captured on the grounds of the White House by Washington Post photographer Jabin Botsford, where the executive held a set of notes detailing his agenda during a meeting with Trump.

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☆ Bob Menendez is rejecting the wave of calls for him to resign after his federal indictment, arguing that 'some are rushing to judge a Latino and push him out of his seat'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey has defiantly stated that he is not stepping down from office. Menendez on Friday was charged with taking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bribes. "I am not going anywhere," he said in a statement, while also referencing his Latino heritage. "Bob Menendez is a disgrace who abused his Senate seat and allegedly betrayed his country for a couple hundred thousand dollars," Senate Republican campaign committee spokesman Philip Letsou said in a statement. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe indictment alleges that the senator "provided sensitive US government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt."

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