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.
Representative Rick Crawford will be the next House Intelligence Committee chair, following his colleague Mike Turner’s unceremonious removal by Speaker Mike Johnson Wednesday.
Thursday marked another busy day of hearings for President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominees as his inauguration approaches. The day featured Lee Zeldin, the nominee to run the Environmental
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.
The move by Speaker Mike Johnson provides the latest evidence of a changing posture more favorable to Russia under Donald Trump.
In a surprise shake-up that seized national attention, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, was removed Wednesday from his position as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Turner was removed from the powerful committee chairman's seat by House Speaker Mike Johnson,