The Freedom Caucus wins the vote for House speaker
Even if Kevin McCarthy prevails, their shrewd demands will have cost him everything
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Thursday
The last time the House couldn’t elect a leader
It was exactly a century ago and there were — count them — 20 dissenters
The bipartisan bridge to nowhere
Biden’s Kentucky-fried love-fest with Mitch McConnell should turn every Republican’s stomach
Wednesday
Kevin McCarthy’s war of attrition
If he can convince Republicans he won’t drop out, he is likely to win
The Katie Porter scandal everyone is ignoring
The DC press corps goes MIA on negative news about a Democrat
A clown show about nothing
Plus: Dress for the job your husband wants, not the job he has
Matt Gaetz is making Trump look like a fool
The former president’s success hinges on his presenting an image of confidence and control
Monday
Kevin McCarthy is damaging the House speakership
He’s been so weakened by Republican infighting that it’s hurting the job he seeks
Friday
The top 10 Cockburns of 2022
Featuring Hunter Biden, Prince Harry and Lauren Boebert
Saturday
A Winston Churchill Christmas
The British prime minister addressed the American people from the White House eighty-one years ago today
Thursday
Democrats and Republicans agree… on wasting taxpayer dollars
The $1.7 trillion omnibus bill is a pork-laden Christmas miracle
The shocking Hunter Biden twists in the Twitter Files
Former New York Post editor Emma-Jo Morris describes how Twitter suppressed her story
How Kyrsten Sinema could hamstring Bernie Sanders’s fundraising
If ActBlue removes her, it would be hard not to kick fellow Independents off too
Wednesday
The end of Title 42 is nigh
Biden should put up or shut up on immigration
Tuesday
The liberal-conservative tug of war for the GOP
The party faces a choice between its nationalist and liberal wings
The January 6 Committee’s criminal charges mean little for Trump
The criminal referrals have only symbolic value
Why Eric Adams has failed to control crime
The New York mayor has been in office a year. A sense of unease still pervades the five boroughs
Why globalism is the enemy of freedom
Like The Wizard of Oz, it is all show and no substance
Randi Weingarten isn’t going anywhere
I’m pretty sure that nobody I observed on November 7 was ready to give up fighting. Not Randi Weingarten, of course
Will Republicans learn from the midterms?
Trump promised they’d get tired of winning, but at this point they’re tired of losing