The House Republican conference elected Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Tuesday to serve as minority leader in next year’s Congress. The victory marks the first time a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus has held the position of party leader in Congress. “Congratulations to Jim Jordan, House Freedom Caucus founder and former chairman, on […]
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Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan to succeed Mike Johnson as GOP minority leader, promising unity and a robust opposition.
Jordan, who serves as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot election of Republicans who will serve in the next Congress.
In choosing Mr. Jordan over Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, House Republicans signaled a desire for fresh leadership after their biggest election losses in decades.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have elected Ohio's Rep. Jim Jordan to serve as their next leader. NBC News' Sahil Kapur has details on the Jordan's past work and what his leadership may look like in charge of the minority party.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan defeated Majority Leader Steve Scalise for the role of minority leader.
As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Republicans pick Jordan for last two years of Trump’s presidency Republican lawmakers have elected Jim Jordan, veteran congressman and Trump loyalist, as their leader in the House of Representatives following resounding losses in last week’s US midterm elections. As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of US Congress in January, Republicans backed Jordan to lead them in the House for the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Continue reading...
The onetime political bomb thrower defeated Steve Scalise, the current No. 2 member of the GOP House leadership.
Senate Republicans are also set to hold elections Tuesday to choose a leader for the new Congress.
Jordan (R-Ohio) beat out House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) for the role after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced he wasn't seeking the minority leader position in the next Congress.
House Republicans elected Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their new leader Tuesday, handing the reins of the battered GOP conference to one of its most prominent conservative firebrands. Why it matters: Jordan's victory marks a major shake-up in House Republican leadership, elevating a founding member of the hardline Freedom Caucus who campaigned as an alternative to the leaders who presided over the GOP's crushing midterm defeat . Jordan bested Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who had served as the No. 2 House Republican since 2014, in the conference-wide secret ballot for minority leader. His victory signals an appetite among House Republicans for a more confrontational approach as they prepare to enter the minority. State of play: Jordan and Scalise entered Tuesday's election locked in a tight race, with both camps expressing confidence in their chances of winning. Jordan drew public support from some of the conference's most conservative members, who argued Republicans needed a change in direction after their devastating midterm losses. Scalise leaned on his longstanding relationships across the conference and his decade-plus of experience in leadership. The big picture: Jordan's ascent represents a remarkable turnaround for a conservative agitator who spent much of his career challenging the Republican establishment before becoming one of President Trump's most vocal allies. He'll be tasked with uniting a fractured Republican conference and leading the party's efforts to reclaim the House majority in 2028.
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will lead House Republicans for the final two years of the Trump administration. Jordan beat Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a secret-ballot vote for minority leader Tuesday to lead the GOP conference in the 120th Congress following Republicans’ steep 2026 midterm losses. Jordan secured 106 votes to Scalise’s 73. House Speaker […]
House Republicans elected hardline Ohio Representative Jim Jordan to be the party’s leader in the next Congress, according to people familiar with the result, choosing a new face to lead it in the wake of the worst midterm electoral drubbing in half a century.
House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, marking an extraordinary leap for a conservative icon who made his name on Capitol Hill antagonizing party leaders. Jordan defeated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the outgoing House majority leader, in a closed-door election in the bowels of…
House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Tuesday to lead their diminished conference in the next Congress, marking an extraordinary leap for a conservative icon who made his name on Capitol Hill antagonizing party leaders. Jordan defeated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the outgoing House majority leader, in a closed-door election in the bowels of…
Jim Jordan defeated Steve Scalise in a narrow secret ballot to become House GOP minority leader and President Trump's top defender in Congress.
House Republicans will move Tuesday to select their leader in the minority after a brutal drubbing at the polls, with the two candidates being House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) will succeed Speaker Mike Johnson as the next leader of House Republicans, defeating Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) 106-73 in a leadership battle as the party reels from a midterm wipeout. Jordan, the current House Judiciary Committee chairman and a longtime favorite of the GOP’s conservative wing, will lead Republicans into the ...
With weeks left on the congressional calendar, House and Senate representatives have a host of issues they still need to tackle On their first day back in the Capitol after comprehensive defeats in last week’s midterm elections, Republicans were divided into two camps: those who saw the catastrophe coming, and those who did not. “I told you exactly what was going to happen. Over and over and over, I told you,” said West Virginia senator Jim Justice. “I said really and truly, if you weren’t concerned and you were a Republican, you were living in a cave. That was my exact words.” Continue reading...
House Republicans will decide who will lead them in the 120th Congress on Tuesday, picking between Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) for minority leader. The race is a rematch for Scalise and Jordan, who ran for the top Republican spot when former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted in […]
Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are vying for the top spot in the House, while John Thune is expected to remain Senate Republican leader, despite a conservative push to delay.
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, about the scandal surrounding Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio.) have been working the phone lines and courting freshman lawmakers as they jockey to lead the House GOP now that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is stepping aside.
Seven Republican senators now are calling for their leadership elections to be delayed — with one even promising to walk out rather than vote Tuesday. Why it matters: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is still expected to be reelected to lead the Senate GOP tomorrow. But the growing push to delay is a sign of troubles ahead. Driving the news: Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) all signed a letter demanding that the leadership elections be delayed to allow for more discussion about what went wrong for the party last week. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) backed them up in statements posted on X. Johnson threatened to skip the vote if the delay doesn't happen. Between the lines: The decision technically falls to conference chair Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) — though it's usually made with leadership buy-in. The election is expected to be held as planned Tuesday morning unless a senator motions to delay and it passes with a majority — which seems unlikely with the number of public supporters, according to a source familiar with the planning discussions. Despite the arguments that Thune should not get to lock in his leadership so quickly, no one has thrown their hat in the ring to challenge him. The bottom line: At this point, none of the leadership elections are competitive. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Conference Chair Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) Policy Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Conference Vice Chair James Lankford (R-Okla.) are expected to keep their spots as Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 atop the conference. Moreno is the sole candidate for NRSC chair.
The veteran lawmaker is going head-to-head with the reformed political bomb-thrower Jim Jordan.
President Trump said he was “highly unlikely” to renew attacks against Iran if upcoming peace talks show progress regarding Tehran’s nuclear program and opening the Strait of Hormuz, according to a new CNN report. “It depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement,” Trump said during an interview with CNN’s Jim Sciutto.…
National Rally party leader Jordan Bardella will look to designate Antifa and related ultra-leftist groups as banned terror organisations in France should he and Marine Le Pen come to power at the presidential election. The post Le Pen’s National Rally Party Vows to Classify Antifa as a Terrorist Group in France appeared first on Breitbart .
Former Jim Jordan aide Russell Dye says the GOP needs a ‘wartime consigliere’ to lead the House minority, backing him over Steve Scalise. The post EXCLUSIVE: Former Aide Says GOP Needs Jim Jordan as ‘Wartime Consigliere’ appeared first on Breitbart .
The race for House minority leader is a rematch between two longtime rivals: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan.
Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan are vying for top House Republican as incoming progressives challenge Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries for leadership.
Capitol Hill leadership elections pit Hakeem Jeffries against progressive dissent, while Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan battle for GOP minority leader.
Senator-elect James Talarico (D-TX) confirmed that he supports terminating the filibuster, explaining that the filibuster, "which is not in the Constitution," is a "Jim Crow relic." The post Democrat James Talarico Supports Terminating Filibuster: ‘Jim Crow Relic’ appeared first on Breitbart .
Jim Messina tells the BBC that after Democrats' midterm victories he's talked to "over two dozen campaigns", with some already hiring staff.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) has become the man of the hour for Democrats looking to launch a 2028 presidential bid, as he revealed that several lawmakers have reached out to him after the party swept up a House and Senate majority in the midterm elections. Clyburn told Politico that he received phone calls from four […]
North Carolinians voted overwhelmingly to require all voters to present a valid ID, which is a racist policy worthy of Jim Crow if you ask Joe Biden or the Democratic Party. Yet on the very same day, the very same voters, by a 60% to 38% margin, elected to the Senate Democrat Roy Cooper — […]
Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said Republicans must now grapple with who will lead their new minority after the party’s massive losses in midterm elections. “I think that there’s a lot of interest in Jim Jordan here,” Bedford said Wednesday on The Hugh Hewitt Show. “I mean, [Steve] Scalise was part of the House […]
A longtime strategist for former President Barack Obama is already looking forward to 2028, saying that he’s spoken to 29 Democrats who are at least toying with the idea of running for president in the next election cycle. Jim Messina, who managed Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign, laid out his thoughts during an Election Day appearance ...
An NFL player has never been fined for a Halloween costume, but there's a first for everything. The post VIDEO: Packers QB Jordan Love and Wife Dress as Blind NFL Refs for Halloween appeared first on Breitbart .
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) successfully defended his seat on election night from Democrat candidate Lynne Walz, a former state senator. The post Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen Secures Reelection, Defeats Democrat Legislator appeared first on Breitbart .
The Close brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Executive Director, Head of Policy & Geopolitical Strategy Monica Guerra, American Action Forum President Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Baird Senior Equity Research Analyst Michael Ha, JC2 Ventures Founder & CEO John Chambers, Scotts Miracle-Gro President & CEO Nate Baxter, Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management Chief Market Strategist Eric Johnston, CFRA Research Senior VP & Equity Analyst Angelo Zino, 248 Ventures Chief Investment Strategist Lindsey Bell, Future Standard CEO Edwin Conway, & Host Hotels & Resorts CEO & President Jim Risoleo. (Source: Bloomberg)
Two other GOP lawmakers — Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan — have plans to run.
While Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, governors’ mansions, and state legislatures across the country, Virginia overturned its “Jim Crow-era lifetime ban” on voting for people with prior felony convictions. Voters approved a ballot amendment that restores voting rights to people with felony convictions immediately upon their release, along with two other ballot […]
Republicans woke up "in shock" Wednesday morning after they got hit with the biggest midterms wave in 50 years. Within hours, that shock was turning into rage. Why it matters: The battle for control of what's left of the Republican conference — headlined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Oho) — is the first salvo in a quest to bring GOP lawmakers back from the political wilderness. Johnson set the tone Wednesday morning, when he took himself out of the running for leader, citing the toll the job has taken on his family. A key outstanding question is the extent to which Republican finger-pointing leads to a wholesale shake-up of the party's leadership ranks, versus a slight readjustment. Driving the news: The intra-party blame game quickly hit a fever pitch. "Dear Republican Senate and House "Leadership," No, the polls were not wrong. You were. Even with record amounts of money at your disposal, you managed to get absolutely annihilated," Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) wrote on X Wednesday morning. "Please do us all a favor and step aside so new leadership can take a truly conservative direction," Steube added. "When you have the worst defeat in modern history, you need a new playbook," another GOP lawmaker told Axios. State of play: The fallout is rippling across the entire House GOP leadership team, with every top position facing a contested race. Minority leader: Scalise and Jordan are squaring off in a rematch of their bitter 2023 battle for the speakership. Minority whip: Tom Emmer faces a challenge from Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas). NRCC Chair: Rudy Yakym and Brian Jack will face off for the post. Current NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is on track to lose his own reelection bid. Zoom in: Behind the leadership infighting, Republicans are reckoning with what went so disastrously wrong on Election Day, with some blaming the Trump administration's policies for their losses. "Iran, Iran, Iran ... we should have never done
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