 
													 
																									Schlapp has close ties to former president Donald Trump, in whose administration his wife served as communications director from 2017 to 2019
 
													 
																									Jair Bolsonsaro took page out of former U.S. president's playbook
 
													 
																									"Our debates will be passionate but not personal" Speaker-elect McCarthy tells Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as he accepts gavel
 
													 
																									Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Texas) has been particularly outspoken, calling hardline McCarthy opponents “enemies,” and “childish”
 
													 
																									McCarthy made major concessions to corral support including a rule change that'd allow five GOP members to call a vote to vacate speakership
 
													 
																									Last month, the Justice Department appointed a special counsel to lead investigations of Trump including matters related to the Jan. 6 attack
 
													 
																									GLAAD recently released a statement arguing that Trump’s record was “defined by anti-LGBTQ actions and rhetoric
 
													 
																									The Log Cabin Republicans on Thursday celebrated its annual Spirit of Lincoln Gala at Mar-a-Lago owned by former President Trump
 
													 
																									Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) also announced he will step down from leadership to pave the way for "a new generation of leaders"
 
													 
																									LGBTQ groups condemned the former president’s disclosure of his plans to make a second run for the White House