What Trey Gowdy Leaving Means for Republican Party
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection. The decision comes one day after President Trump's first State of the Union. Republican political strategist Rick Wilson explains what this means for the Republican party, and shares his top moments from the SOTU.
"Frankly I think a lot of the Trump folks were expecting him to stay there," said Wilson. "I think its a blow for the Trump defenders in the House."
When looking at Tuesday night's State of the Union, Wilson says Trump stayed to the teleprompter. "It wasn't a disaster, it wasn't a resounding success," said Wilson. "But at any moment he could tweet and blow up the night."
Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
American citizens in Israel can start leaving the country on charter flights starting Friday after the State Department said flights will take Americans and immediate family members to either Athens, Greece or Frankfurt, Germany.
The Israeli military has ordered the 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to evacuate to the south within 24 hours as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel.
U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey faced a new charge Thursday that he conspired to act as an agent of the Egyptian government, a remarkable accusation against a Democrat who had a powerful role in U.S. policy as head of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee.
An Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would further escalate the war raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack, killing hundreds of civilians.
A retired bank official testified that former president Donald Trump obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in loans based on financial statements that have since been deemed fraudulent.
