It took 15 ballots and the full first week of the 118th Congress to finally elect GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House, but crossing the finish line doesn’t mean the new speaker’s work opening the new Congress is close to being done.

Gov. Kristi Noem (R-S.D.) is demanding answers after her Social Security Number was leaked by the federal government in a document related to the House Select Committee’s investigation of the Jan. 6 protests.

Three major things need to be done to bring the border crisis back to the manageable levels we saw before this administration took office.

By: Jeff Charles – redstate.com – January 8, 2023 The battle for the Speaker’s gavel has concluded, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is now the Speaker of the House. It was a grueling week-long affair in which the embattled leader scrambled to gather enough votes to eke out a victory. In so doing, McCarthy had to give quite a few...

By: A. J. Caschetta – nationalreview.com – January 8, 2023 When Trevor Bickford’s mother called police in Wells, Maine, with concerns about her son’s growing obsession with Islam, Wells police captain Gerald Congdon notified the FBI, which purportedly put Bickford on its so-called Guardian Watchlist. That didn’t stop him from allegedly attacking NYPD officers with a machete on New Year’s Eve...

Did someone or something seize control of the United States? What happened to the U.S. border? Where did it go? Who erased it? Why and how did 5 million people enter our country illegally? Did Congress secretly repeal our immigration laws?

The Wall Street Journal quotes Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), “We’re not negotiating, we’re giving them [i.e., Republicans] nothing.  

The derogatory term “welfare queen” was so 1980s and ‘90s, when Republicans and even some Democrats were looking to reform welfare programs. President Biden, by contrast, is doing all he can to expand the number of people receiving means-tested welfare. That makes him the welfare king.

The history of the Congress has been shaped by periods of frustration that are ultimately broken by bursts of reform.

A group of nearly 50 conservative heavyweights co-signed a statement Wednesday supporting lawmakers who voted against Kevin McCarthy in his bid for House speaker.