Multiple House Republicans were surprised Johnson said he lacked the votes to change how many members it takes to bring up such a motion.

The latest campus antisemitism hearing was a travesty.

Though a vote on the constitutionality of the second impeachment article against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fell along Senate party lines, Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski was the only senator to break with her party during the proceedings, voting “present” on the constitutionality of the first article. On Thursday, she explained why to POLITICO. “It was very clear that when you’re talking about lying under oath, that rises to a level of high crimes and misdemeanors,” Murkowski said regarding the second article. But “Article One was more nuanced. … It was a constitutional point of order and I felt it needed to be debated.” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had offered a deal on the floor to allow limited debate and some points of order, but Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) did not allow it through. Murkowski thought the deal would have allowed “a fair amount of process.” Still, Murkowski said she was concerned about the “very scary precedent” set by short circuiting the trial Wednesday, a common GOP refrain afterward.

A GOP congressman is claiming that the head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) opposes marijuana rescheduling—despite the fact that her agency officially concurred with a recommendation to implement the reform as well as the director’s repeated public comments criticizing research barriers imposed by cannabis’s current Schedule I status. While Rep. Andy Harris […]

In a letter Thursday to Speaker Mike Johnson, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former vice chief of staff of the Army Jack Keane wrote that they hope House Republicans support him in the “vital effort” of aiding Ukraine. “We support aiding Ukraine because that is the best way to help Americans; the best way to reduce the risk that future generations will have to take up arms in Europe, the Middle East, or Asia,” they wrote.