It was clear from the start that House Republicans would struggle to govern this year given their deep ideological divisions, narrow majority and myriad personal feuds and grudges. But even the most pessimistic of predictions could not have captured the remarkable, drawn-out Republican self-own now raging on Capitol Hill. In merrily decapitating their third speaker…
What followed was a quieter than expected weekend in Texas, Arizona, California and nearby Mexican cities. At Gate 42 of the border wall with El Paso, the number of migrants arriving has dwindled since Friday. On Sunday morning, the local news media reported, only about 20 people were waiting to turn themselves in. However, state and federal authorities…
Joe and Debbie Faillace opened a sandwich shop in Phoenix called Old Station Subs 37 years ago. They planned to build up the business and eventually sell it for enough money to retire. Instead, America’s homelessness crisis disrupted their dreams. The Faillaces are not homeless themselves. But one of the country’s largest homeless encampments, with…
It was Mr. Gingrich, after all, who as a congressional candidate in 1978 told an audience, “One of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don’t encourage you to be nasty.” A decade later, Mr. Gingrich coached his colleagues to cast the opposition as “the loony left,” saying, “When in…
The mood had evolved since Tuesday, when there was a jubilant cacophony of families assembled for the start of the 118th Congress. Lawmakers had their loved ones watching from the gallery above the House floor or had children beside them, waiting for the swearing-in and celebratory photos of the big day. The families in the…