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Updated November 15, 2022 astatine 8:43 a.m. EST|Published
November 15, 2022 astatine 6:57 a.m. EST
Today, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) faces a ballot from chap Republicans for the party’s information for talker arsenic the GOP appears to beryllium connected the cusp of winning power of the House successful the adjacent Congress. McCarthy is being challenged by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) but is expected to survive. The existent trial volition beryllium successful January, erstwhile McCarthy indispensable triumph a bulk ballot of the afloat House, which could necessitate offering concessions to disaffected Republicans. Control of the House has yet to beryllium formally called, but Democratic hopes of staying successful powerfulness person dwindled.
Later Tuesday, erstwhile president Donald Trump is expected to denote a 2024 White House bid successful Palm Beach, Fla., adjacent arsenic galore successful his enactment blasted him for a weaker-than-expected Republican showing successful the midterms. President Biden remains successful Indonesia for the Group of 20 summit.
Your regular dashboard
- 1 p.m. Eastern: House Republicans conscionable to prime leaders for the adjacent Congress.
- 9 p.m. Eastern: Trump makes an announcement from Palm Beach, Fla. Watch unrecorded here.
On our radar: Who is Andy Biggs?
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a subordinate of the GOP’s acold close wing, says helium volition situation House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) successful his bid to beryllium House speaker, should Republicans triumph power of the House.
Biggs, 64, was archetypal elected to Congress successful 2016 and is simply a erstwhile president of the House Freedom Caucus, a radical of immoderate of the astir blimpish lawmakers.
The lawyer and erstwhile authorities lawmaker came to Congress with the extremity of advocating for Donald Trump’s governmental agenda. And Biggs has continued to support the erstwhile president, falsely claiming that Trump won the 2020 statesmanlike election, adjacent though the erstwhile president didn’t adjacent triumph Biggs’s location state.
The latest: Biden skipping G-20 meal — but not due to the fact that of covid, medication says
President Biden is skipping a gala meal Tuesday nighttime astatine the Group of 20 acme successful Bali, Indonesia — but not due to the fact that of covid, according to an medication official.
“He conscionable had spent a afloat time successful meetings and needed to be to a fewer things contiguous (nothing urgent!),” the authoritative said successful an email, penning connected the information of anonymity to talk much candidly.
Biden is among the satellite leaders who met implicit the play with Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia successful Phnom Penh, the nation’s capital, astatine a gathering of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
On our radar: Challenge to Ky. termination prohibition is backmost successful court. Here’s what to know.
In the archetypal large ineligible trial for termination entree since voters resoundingly moved to support termination rights in the midterm elections, Kentucky’s Supreme Court volition perceive arguments Tuesday implicit whether the state’s near-total bans connected termination should stay successful spot portion an overarching situation to the constitutionality of the restrictions plays retired successful court.
The Post’s Kim Bellware reports that if the tribunal reinstates a preliminary injunction against the bans, termination entree volition instantly resume to pre-ban levels. Per Kim:
Noted: At slightest 2 Jan. 6 rally attendees are becoming congressmen
As Republican Derrick Van Orden celebrated his triumph with raucous supporters Tuesday night, helium vowed to enactment with the Democrat helium had conscionable defeated successful a occidental Wisconsin House race, saying, “We person to get backmost to a spot wherever we correspond everyone.”
The Post’s Michael Kranish reports that his bipartisan connection was each the much singular fixed the travel that Van Orden has taken to Congress. Per Michael:
Van Orden was astatine President Donald Trump’s “Save America” rally connected Jan. 6, 2021, and past joined the assemblage that marched down the Mall toward the Capitol, saying successful a tv interrogation that “I went determination to basal with them, to basal up for electoral integrity.”
Van Orden said helium ne'er entered the Capitol, which was ransacked by a pro-Trump mob that time seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. But successful 2 months, helium volition bash truthful arsenic 1 of astatine slightest 2 Jan. 6 rally attendees-turned-congressmen.
The other, George Santos — a New York Republican who won successful a territory successful Queens and Long Island — has described enjoying the “front-row spectacle” of an “amazing” Jan. 6 rally assemblage connected the Ellipse.
You tin work Michael’s afloat communicative here.
Analysis: Reeling Republicans brace for Trump run announcement
As Republicans sift done the wreckage of their midterm show and effort to illustration a way guardant this week, determination is 1 happening they don’t privation to do: speech astir Donald Trump.
Too bad.
Writing successful The Early 202, The Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer enactment that the erstwhile president is expected to denote his statesmanlike bid Tuesday night, erstwhile again pressuring legislature Republicans to determine whether they are with him oregon against him astatine a clip erstwhile galore of them would alternatively not marque that choice. Per our colleagues:
On our radar: McCarthy faces situation for talker from Rep. Biggs
On Tuesday afternoon, Republicans are acceptable to conscionable to statement and elite their leaders for the 118th Congress, which volition beryllium sworn successful aboriginal adjacent year.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.), who has sought the speakership for years, volition beryllium challenged by erstwhile House Freedom Caucus president Andy Biggs (Ariz.), arsenic the staunchly blimpish radical tries to beryllium that McCarthy cannot garner the 218 level votes indispensable to go talker connected Jan. 3.
McCarthy is expected to get a plurality of the concealed ballot ballot Tuesday, but the situation from Biggs could unit McCarthy to marque concessions to guarantee helium clinches the apical occupation adjacent twelvemonth successful the ballot connected the House floor.
Trump expected to denote statesmanlike bid again amid GOP uncertainty
Donald Trump, the twice-impeached erstwhile president who inspired an insurrection astatine the U.S. Capitol, is poised to denote his 2024 statesmanlike run connected Tuesday night, ignoring the proposal of galore Republicans who privation him to hold until aft a Georgia Senate runoff adjacent month.
The Post’s Isaac Arnsdorf reports that the expected announcement successful Florida astatine his Mar-a-Lago Club comes astatine a infinitesimal of governmental vulnerability for Trump aft voters resoundingly rejected galore of his endorsed candidates successful past week’s midterm elections. Isaac writes:
On our radar: Republicans nearing House majority, arsenic ballot tallies continue
Republicans aboriginal Tuesday were connected the cusp of winning backmost the House majority, aft competitory races were settled successful 3 states, pushing them to 215 seats, 3 shy of the fig needed to clinch control.
The Post’s Marianna Sotomayor notes that The Washington Post reported projected victories connected Monday oregon aboriginal Tuesday for Republican Rep. David Schweikert successful Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, Republican Juan Ciscomani successful Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, Republican Brandon Williams successful New York’s 22nd Congressional District and Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer successful Oregon’s 5th Congressional District.
The latest: Biden aides see extending pupil indebtedness frost aft tribunal defeats
White House officials are weighing extending a intermission connected pupil indebtedness payments after a national appeals tribunal blocked President Biden’s program to cancel up to $20,000 successful indebtedness per borrower, according to 2 radical with cognition of the matter.
The Post’s Jeff Stein reports that successful August Biden announced that the medication would instrumentality pupil indebtedness forgiveness portion simultaneously ending a moratorium, started during the pandemic, connected pupil indebtedness payments. But Biden’s program has truthful acold been thwarted successful the courts. Per Jeff:
Analysis: Why the GOP’s popular-vote borderline hasn’t translated to much House seats
For galore years, the mode successful which the United States elects its leaders has been a precise favorable setup for Republicans.
The Post’s Aaron Blake notes that not lone did they triumph the 2000 and 2016 statesmanlike elections contempt getting less votes, but they besides held the House successful 1996 and 2012 contempt getting less votes. Per Aaron:
Republicans person regularly won much House seats than their fashionable ballot stock would suggest — successful ample portion acknowledgment to their superior power of redistricting.
The 2022 election, though, looks similar it volition subordinate that trend.
Republicans look primed to triumph the narrowest of House majorities — astir 220-215 oregon 219-216 — contempt winning a bulk of the votes nationwide and edging Democrats by astir 4 percent points.
You tin work Aaron’s afloat investigation here.
The latest: Democrat Katie Hobbs projected to decision Kari Lake successful Arizona governor’s race
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs (D) was projected Monday to triumph the contention for Arizona governor, narrowly defeating Republican Kari Lake, a salient predetermination denier whom Hobbs called a menace to democracy.
The Post’s Hannah Knowles and Isaac Stanley-Becker study that Hobbs pitched herself arsenic a mean alternate to an utmost campaigner who, she argued, could sow chaos if elected. The Democrat oversaw the 2020 predetermination successful Arizona and defended it against the baseless claims of malfeasance that Lake, a erstwhile TV anchor, made cardinal to her campaign. Per our colleagues:
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