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News Articles: Newt Gingrich

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors' struggles for the big gavel

Rep. McCarthy is still likely to win the House Speaker role on January 3rd. However, managing the majority and achieving its legislative and political goals in another matter.

December 04, 2022
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By:
  • Ron Elving
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit in Washington, July 26, 2022. A judge has ordered Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that is investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. The former U.S. House Speaker argued that he shouldn’t have to testify.

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  • News

Judge orders Gingrich to testify in Georgia election probe

A judge has ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and Republican allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

November 09, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, speaks to attendees as he endorses New York City mayoral candidate Fernando Mateo during a campaign event on June 3, 2021, in Staten Island, N.Y.

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  • National

Georgia prosecutor seeks testimony from Flynn and Gingrich in state election probe

A Georgia prosecutor filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

October 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Author Dana Milbank

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Dana Milbank's book 'The Destructionists' shows Newt Gingrich's influence on GOP

Tuesday on Political Rewind: We're back with a special author show. In his book The Destructionists, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank charts a path from former Rep. Newt Gingrich's aggressive rhetoric in 1994 to the modern, MAGA-led GOP. But first, The Atlanta Journal Constitution's Tamar Hallerman helps us discuss the latest in the Mar-a-Lago fallout.

September 06, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Chase McGee ,
  • and 1 more
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks before former President Donald Trump at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C., on July 26.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 panel is asking former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for information

The Jan. 6 investigatory panel is seeking information from Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to then-President Trump in the days leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

September 02, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley responds to an objection by the prosecution during the trial of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Trial in Brunswick, Ga., continues; Gingrich weighs in on Kemp reelection hopes

Tuesday on Political Rewind, defense lawyer Kevin Gough called for another Black pastor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, to be removed from the Brunswick, Ga., courtroom in the trial of the three white men charged with murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man.

November 16, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Travis McMichael's attorney Jason B. Sheffield, center, questions Glynn County Police Department Investigative Detective Parker Marcy, right, during the trial of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan in the Glynn County Courthouse, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Brunswick, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Attorney comments are another sign race is central in trial of McMichaels, Bryan

Monday on Political Rewind: Race continues to be a central theme in the case of Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan — three men charged with murder in the Ahmaud Arbery shooting. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign the long-awaited infrastructure bill.

November 15, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Author Julian Zelizer next to an image of the cover of his new book.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: The Rise Of Toxic Partisanship And The Georgia Congressman At Its Roots

Monday on Political Rewind: a conversation with best-selling author Julian Zelizer about the roots of toxic partisanship in the United States. In his latest book, Burning Down The House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, Zelizer explores the fame and fortunes of Newt Gingrich.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 2 more
On the right, a photo of Julian Zelizer wearing glasses, a dark suit jacket, a white shirt and a tie looking slightly towards the left; on the right, a book cover for Zelizer's new book, "Burning Down The House" with a photo of the Capitol building at the bottom.

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  • Politics

Julian Zelizer On How Newt Gingrich's Political Tactics Laid The Groundwork For Modern Partisanship

Partisan and ideological divisions have hobbled the nation’s response to the pandemic and our sinking economy. For one theory on how American politics became so toxic, Princeton professor and best-selling author Julian Zelizer turns to former Georgia Congressman and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

August 20, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Tribalism And Polarization In American Politics

Today on Political Rewind, we sit down with Jackie Gingrich Cushman to discuss her new book, Our Broken America. As former Congressman Newt Gingrich’s...

September 20, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut

Citizen Newt Gingrich

He might be Georgia’s second best known politician. And perhaps its most polarizing. Bestselling author Craig Shirley sits down with us to talk about...

October 10, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee and
  • Ryan McFadin

On Second Thought For Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Two major puppy mill were busted in Georgia this year. One in April rescued more than 350 animals. Last month in Fulton County, authorities found 60...

October 10, 2017
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By:
  • Celeste Headlee ,
  • Emily Cureton ,
  • and 3 more

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