I’m not loving the Boehner-directed and mostly media-agreed New Narrative of Saint John Boehner, The Embodiment of Reasonable Republicans. In part because… 1) I’m old enough to remember when ...

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has said that John Boehner “just got worn out” by the constant onslaught of attacks against him. “Clearly, I think, Kevin McCarthy is the most likely next ...

Since the House Freedom Caucus was founded in 2015, it has bedeviled a succession of Republican speakers, from John Boehner to Paul Ryan to Kevin McCarthy to current gavel-wielder Mike Johnson.