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Both Democrats and Republicans joined forces against her and then celebrated her lack of success.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent out a statement Monday blasting Columbia University for canceling its main graduation ceremony. “President Shafik and Columbia University administrators have displayed a shocking unwillingness to control their campus. They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression. Now, thousands of students…

Johnson urges Columbia president to resign before university visit. “President Shafik has demonstrated to be a very weak, incapable leader. They can't even ensure the safety of Jewish students? They're supposed to flee and skip classes? It’s…

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) needs to understand that House Democrats are not a “cheap date” and will need “something” in return to save his gavel from the motion to vacate introduced last month by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).  “If Speaker Johnson wants help in staying as Marjorie Taylor Greene…

“No one ever accused her of being a four-dimensional chess player.”

Former President Trump on Monday offered a defense of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) amid blowback from conservatives over Johnson’s decision to bring additional aid for Ukraine and other national security priorities to the House floor for a vote over the weekend. In his first comments since the national security funding package passed the House with bipartisan support…

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) praised Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the passage of the massive foreign aid package in the House over the weekend. McCaul, who has long pushed for additional aid to Ukraine, said Johnson has his support after the House passed the foreign aid package on Saturday. Johnson has faced some…

Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) criticized Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her threat to remove House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying that doing so would make foreign enemies like China, Russia, and Iran more confident and aggressive. Moskowitz expressed on “Fox News Sunday” that the attempt to remove the Speaker of the House by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) would give China, Russia, and Iran more confidence. Greene, along with Massie and Gosar, supported ousting Johnson over his handling of Ukraine aid and government spending, which Moskowitz believes would benefit foreign adversaries. The potential ouster remains uncertain as Greene has not pushed for a vote or clarified the conditions for doing so.

On Friday, the House made progress in advancing legislation to provide aid to Ukraine and other embattled U.S. allies overseas, overcoming a significant procedural obstacle with the help of Democrats—an unusual move by the minority party, but a crucial one in pushing the package forward in the face of strong conservative opposition. The chamber…

Republican Representative Don Bacon from Nebraska strongly criticized his fellow lawmakers who are against providing more financial support for Ukraine. He argued that they hope for Russia to win the war against Kyiv that has been going on for over two years. "Right now, Ukraine has run out of artillery. If we don't take action, the Russians will take over Kyiv. Unfortunately, a few of my colleagues want to see the Russians emerge victorious. I do not understand why they feel that way. I believe it's a terrible stance."