Tag: Kevin McCarthy

Heavy Rain in California Causes Flooding; Why Are We Still in a Drought? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 106

A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, the recent downpours are still nowhere near enough to pull the state out of its intense years-long drought, according to media reports. Can a state be both in flood and drought? To decipher this dilemma, Larry Elder sits down…


Kevin McCarthy Drama Underscores Impotence of Republican Elite

Commentary After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November’s midterm elections, the only relevant questions for Congress-watchers seemed to pertain to what Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) impending House speakership would look like. To what extent, if any, would he return House rules to “regular order,” whereby bills are drafted and marked up in…


PREMIERING 3 PM ET: Heavy Rain in California Causes Flooding, Why Are We Still in a Drought? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 106

A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, the recent downpours are still nowhere near enough to pull the state out of its intense years-long drought, according to the media reports. Can a state be both in flood and drought? To decipher this dilemma, Larry Elder sits…


‘Not a Disaster’: Tucker Carlson Says House Speaker Standoff a Win for Democracy

Eleven defeats in Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) speakership bid is about what it should take to carry the job, said Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Jan. 5, adding that “accountability” is a key factor in the ongoing Republican standoff. McCarthy, the party favorite from California, has been blocked by up to 20 hardliners out of…


House Convenes to Vote for New Speaker—Day 4

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a speaker of the House at 12 p.m. on Jan. 6. The newly Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a leader after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) again fell short of the votes needed to be elected as the speaker, a…


LIVE NOW: House Convenes to Vote for New Speaker—Day 4

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a speaker of the House at 12 p.m. on Jan. 6. The newly Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a leader after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) again fell short of the votes needed to be elected as the speaker, a…


Will Republicans Ever Get Serious?

Commentary One might suppose that the last three years would be a wake-up call. What’s it going to take for the Republican Party to get serious? Right now, we have 20 or so holdouts who have grave doubts about Kevin McCarthy (proud member of the World Economic Forum) as Speaker of the House, justifiably so,…


NTD Good Morning (Jan. 6): Trump Unveils Plan to Battle Cartels; Violence Erupts in Mexico After El Chapo’s Son Arrested

Violence breaks out in Mexico as gang members respond to the arrest of drug kingpin El Chapo’s son. Frightened airline passengers hunkered down for safety as shooting erupts at an airport U.S. Special forces, cyberwarfare, and a full naval embargo. Former President Trump publishes a plan to take the war to the drug cartels. The…


State Department Expresses National Security Concerns Over Delays in Choosing New House Speaker

State Department spokesman Ned Price has said the continued absence of a House speaker could have national security implications. “Well, of course over time those concerns—concerns on the part of the members themselves, or the members-elect themselves—will be compounded,” Price said during a press briefing on Jan. 5. “The first few days of any congressional term…


LIVE 6:30 PM ET: NTD Evening News (Jan. 5): Still No Speaker After McCarthy Loses 9th Vote; Court Documents Unsealed in Idaho Murder Case

Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost a ninth straight vote for a new speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, but the back-room bargaining continues between the California Republican and populist conservative dissidents demanding new leadership. President Joe Biden’s administration announced steps officials said would improve border security and help slow illegal immigration while helping…