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Outgoing Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), who served as acting speaker before Rep. Mike Johnson (R–LA) was elected in 2023, did an “exit interview” with Politico: POLITICO: How have you seen the House GOP change as you’ve changed as a lawmaker? McHENRY: The people that are outside of positions of authority in the House — they’re the most frequent guests on media, your most ample quotes and most active online — are not meaningful players internally, almost to a person, in this institution.

After pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s successful 2024 presidential campaign, Elon Musk is now shifting his focus to Europe, sparking accusations of election meddling in the U. K. and Germany. His moves raise questions about his growing influence over democratic processes around the globe. .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{ -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent); } Join now to continue reading. Members get exclusive analysis, bonus features and no advertising.

The House will convene at 12 p.m. ET and take a procedural vote before voting on a speaker. After both parties nominate their candidates, the House clerk will proceed to an alphabetical roll-call vote. New York Times: “The election of the speaker has typically been a pro forma affair. But that changed in 2023, when House Republicans first took back the majority and conservatives subjected Representative Kevin McCarthy of California to a 15-ballot, four-day round of voting.” Axios: “Johnson’s propensity for working across the aisle and cutting deals with Democrats has worn out his welcome among the House GOP’s right flank.

“At the end of the day — it’s just my theory — I’m gonna be right 80% of the time. These people have some kind of sexual problem. Most of them are incels.” — James Carville, on CNN, explaining what’s behind Islamic extremism.

A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that US regulators overstepped their authority by reinstating “net neutrality” rules governing internet service providers, dealing a blow to the Biden administration, CBS News reports.

John Ellis: “The key to the future of global power is mastery of artificial intelligence. The nation that masters AI first will be the most powerful nation on earth. The nation that masters AI and quantum computing first will be the most powerful nation in the history of mankind. Each of those three sentences is true.” “It’s noteworthy that, in the main, Trump voters don’t like H-1B visas and/or express unhappiness about Elon Musk’s influence on the president-elect and/or agree with Steve Bannon that the rise of Elon is a betrayal of the base.