Rep. Chris Welch Becomes Illinois’ First Black House Speaker
Welch replaces Michael J. Madigan as House Speaker, ending Madigan’s decades-long grip on power.
Welch replaces Michael J. Madigan as House Speaker, ending Madigan’s decades-long grip on power.
In a nearly party-line vote, the House encouraged Mike Pence and the presidential cabinet to sideline the president via the 25th amendment. Pence said no. Now, the House will move to impeach Trump over “incitement of insurrection” in what is expected to be a bipartisan vote. The Senate may be warming to the idea of removal.This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
The field of candidates is broadening after Michael Madigan suspended his campaign. But some say not to count Madigan out just yet.
The Justice Department says hundreds will be prosecuted in connection with the Capitol siege. Republican lawmakers like Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz are also dealing with fallout from their support of President Trump’s election fraud conspiracy.This episode: political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and congressional correspondent Susan Davis.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Despite a Democratic supermajority in the Illinois House, Rep. Durkin says he’s in the best position to take the reins from Michael Madigan.
The FBI alleges a Chicago Heights man left a voicemail for a New Jersey congressman threatening to “kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn” at the White House on Jan. 20.
The FBI alleges a Chicago Heights man left a voicemail for a New Jersey congressman threatening to “kill any [expletive] Democrat that steps on the [expletive] lawn” at the White House on Jan. 20.
“I do not believe that such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with our Constitution,” the vice president wrote on Tuesday evening.
Richard Uihlein donated nearly $4.3 million to the PAC of the Tea Party Patriots, who helped lead protests in D.C. that preceded a siege on the U.S. Capitol.
The embattled lawmaker says this is not a withdrawal and that Democrats should find someone else to win the 60 votes needed to become speaker.