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Former adversary John Boehner praises 'incredibly effective' outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi in tearful Capitol Hill tribute
The Ohio Republican praised his one-time foil at her official portrait unveiling on Capitol Hill, c…
Warren Rojas
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John Boehner had told Biden's sister that she should advise him to sit out the 2020 presidential race, called politics a 'blood sport,' book says
"He's a good man and he has served his country well," the former speaker said of Biden, according t…
John L. Dorman
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Republicans should run a policy-free 2022 campaign that highlights Biden blunders and conservatives' social grievances: top GOP strategist
"There is no reason to expect they'll do big conservative policy," said a former top aide to GOP Ho…
Kimberly Leonard
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10 Things in Politics: John Boehner's wildest stories
And the scandal surrounding Matt Gaetz intensifies.
Brent D. Griffiths
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George W. Bush said failing to pass immigration reform was one of the 'biggest disappointments' of his presidency
Former President George W. Bush in a rare interview Sunday said Congress "isn't doing its job" and …
Connor Perrett
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John Boehner: The 'so-called America First Caucus' is 'one of the nuttiest things I've ever seen'
"I have no idea how this even showed up," Boehner said. "America is a land of immigration. We've be…
John L. Dorman
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Boehner said the Capitol riot was 'one of the saddest days' of his life and he would rather set himself 'on fire than run for office again'
"How can he keep saying something without providing any proof? And there wasn't any," John Boehner …
Taylor Ardrey
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Ted Cruz put a signed copy of John Boehner's book in the fireplace after 'some smart-a--' dropped it off in his office
Boehner skewered Cruz in a released excerpt of his memoir, calling him a "reckless a--hole who thin…
Erin Snodgrass
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John Boehner reveals he voted for Trump despite attacking him for spreading lies about the election
Boehner noted that the former president misled voters by spreading lies about the election even bef…
Eliza Relman
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John Boehner calls Trump 'a guy who's unemployed' and 'has nothing else to do but cause trouble'
"The president abused the loyalty and the trust that voters placed in him by perpetuating this nois…
John L. Dorman
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John Boehner said he skewered Ted Cruz in his book because Cruz was 'stirring up some of the crazies in my own caucus'
John Boehner and Ted Cruz have traded barbs over the last week as Boehner takes aim at his former R…
Eliza Relman
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Boehner slams Trump's conduct during the 2020 election, says the former president 'abused' his loyalists
"He stepped all over their loyalty to him by continuing to say things that just weren't true," Boeh…
John L. Dorman
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John Boehner says that Mitch McConnell 'holds his feelings, thoughts, and emotions in a lockbox'
For Boehner, a jovial, backslapping politician who is known to publicly cry, McConnell's steely and…
John L. Dorman
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Harry Reid on former House Speaker John Boehner: 'I did everything I could to cause him trouble' but we 'got a lot done'
"The deal is this - Boehner and I got a lot done, but we didn't mince words," he said. "He was righ…
John L. Dorman
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Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner says he doesn't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in today's Republican Party
Boehner criticized current GOP leaders like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, who he called a "reckless a-…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner calls fellow Republican Jim Jordan a 'political terrorist'
"I just never saw a guy who spent more time tearing things apart ― never building anything, never p…
John L. Dorman
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Ted Cruz derides Boehner criticism as 'drunken, bloviated scorn' while mocking the former speaker's penchant for tears
In an interview that will air on "CBS Sunday Morning" this weekend, Boehner, who's promoting his ne…
John L. Dorman
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John Boehner says his time as House speaker was like being the 'mayor' of a 'Crazytown' full of 'jackasses'
"I don't even think I could get elected in today's Republican Party anyway," Boehner writes in his …
Oma Seddiq
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Former GOP House Speaker John Boehner says he wishes he'd fought against Bill Clinton's impeachment by Republicans
Boehner wrote that Clinton's impeachment was a political effort by his party to win House seats in …
Eliza Relman
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John Boehner says he thought Mitch McConnell was going to 'keel over from cardiac arrest' when he told Harry Reid to 'go f--- yourself'
"Poor McConnell ... Mr. Decorum was a stunned and horrified witness to this angry encounter," Boehn…