Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest on Capitol Hill leaders’ reactions to the removal of House Intelligence Commitee chair Mike Turner on ‘Special Report.’
When Speaker Mike Johnson summarily fired House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner this week, everyone assumed it was about Donald Trump. Actually, it was about power — not the incoming president’s, but Johnson’s.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, elevating the veteran panel member to the role after he removed Rep. Mike
Rep. Mike Turner defended President Trump's decision to pardon "peaceful" attendees at the Capitol riots, though criticized the "sweeping" nature.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
— WINNER: The U.S. Secret Service. Yes, a presidential inauguration is probably the most intricately planned, thoroughly secured mass public event in American life. But after two assassination attempts on Trump last year, the beleaguered protective service has gotta be glad Trump will be spending the day in more easily defensible space.
In choosing Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has tapped a veteran conservative with “America First” leanings to steer one of the
House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.
Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.
The House Freedom Caucus has been in a cold war with now-former Intelligence Chair Mike Turner. Speaker Mike Johnson ended it officially on Thursday — and it seems clear that hardliners won.
Mike Turner (R-Ohio) from the top job. The shift was a surprise on Capitol Hill, where Turner’s ouster sparked an outcry from Democrats and some Republicans who were given no advance warning of ...