Though Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort against the House speaker is likely to fail, she plans to use the vote to show that Mike Johnson relies on Democrats to keep his job
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Congress returns to Washington this week with all eyes on the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to face a vote over his ouster in the coming days.
Biden will return to the White House from his home in Wilmington, Delaware. At midday, he will present the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the US Military Academy Army Black Knights, before hosting King Abdullah II of Jordan for lunch. Later this evening, he will host a Cinco de Mayo reception in the Rose Garden with first lady Jill Biden.
Vice president Kamala Harris is headed to Detroit for the second stop on her “Economic Opportunity Tour”.
Donald Trump is back in a New York courtroom for his criminal trial involving a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniel. Proceedings are due to start around 9am in New York. Readers can follow here for updates.
Trump on Sunday night appeared to ride to the defense of Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar, who was recently indicted in a $600,000 bribery scheme involving Azerbaijan and a Mexican bank. Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, Cuellar a conservative Democrat in a swing district was a “Respected Democrat Congressman” and accused the Biden administration of targeting him because he tends to align with Republicans on border security: “They’re a bunch of D.C. Thugs, and at some point they will be paying a very big price for what they have done to our Country,” Trump wrote.
Politico reports that second gentleman Doug Emhoff will host a small group of Jewish college students at the White House amid the turmoil sweeping university campuses. Emhoff, who is Jewish, has led the White House’s fight against antisemitism.