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House Freedom Caucus
March 2, 2024
Grace Segers
The Republicans Celebrating the End of Mitch McConnell’s Reign
Despite his role in delivering many of the GOP’s most consequential victories, the Kentucky senator is considered by some of his colleagues to be an unbearable moderate. What gives?
February 29, 2024
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Radical Freedom Caucus Torches McConnell After Retirement Announcement
The far-right wing of the House is overjoyed Mitch McConnell is stepping down from Senate leadership.
January 11, 2024
Grace Segers
Far-Right Republicans Are Already Talking About Ousting Mike Johnson
Marjorie Taylor Greene says replacing the speaker is “absolutely on the table,” but several of his colleagues maintain his job is safe for now.
December 1, 2023
Grace Segers
Mike Johnson Repeats Kevin McCarthy’s Mistake: Trying to Govern
With only a few weeks left in the year and several items on the agenda, Johnson may need to assuage skeptical Republicans.
October 5, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Republicans Booted Their Leader, so of Course It’s Democrats’ Fault
To say that anyone outside of the House GOP caucus had a hand in McCarthy’s downfall requires superhuman amounts of ignorance.
September 20, 2023
Grace Segers
Republicans Start to Devour Their Own Over Looming Shutdown
Disagreements between mainstream members of the GOP caucus and their far-right colleagues are getting personal.
September 18, 2023
Alex Shephard
Kevin McCarthy Has (Once Again) Lost Control
With the radical right calling the shots, the government is likely to shut down. McCarthy seems powerless to do anything.
August 21, 2023
Tori Otten
Far-Right Republicans Pledge to Shut Down Government Over “Cancerous Woke Policies”
The GOP’s Freedom Caucus will do anything to hurt Biden—even destroy the U.S. economy.
July 13, 2023
Robert Schlesinger
Far-Right Republicans’ Radical, Bigoted Attack on the Defense Bill
Even the military isn’t safe from the GOP’s war on wokeness.
June 23, 2023
Robert Schlesinger
Marjorie Taylor Greene May Not Be Crazy Enough for the Freedom Caucus
Some members of the hardline group reportedly want to dump her for the heinous crime of getting along with leadership.
May 31, 2023
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden Won the Debt Ceiling Negotiation but Lost the War
Yes, the deal he struck with Kevin McCarthy could have been worse. But its long-term implications are dire.
March 27, 2023
Timothy Noah
They’re Not Joking: House Republicans Actually Compare Themselves to the Mob
They call themselves the Five Families. Here’s a guide to how each family may (or may not) foul up negotiations on the debt limit.
November 11, 2022
Jason Linkins
Kevin McCarthy Is in Trouble
As the GOP’s margin of victory in the House dwindles in the direction of single digits, so too go his chances of becoming speaker.
March 22, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trumpcare is flatlining.
February 28, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans’ Final Heinous Push for Obamacare Repeal
They're hoping a morally obscene sales pitch, and an aggressive squeeze play, will doom the Affordable Care Act.
October 9, 2015
Suzy Khimm
“He Left Everybody at the Altar”: Gloom, Despair, and Capitol Hill's Game of Thrones
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