The House Intelligence Committee is being given a makeover, with Republicans who have “more MAGA-friendly credentials” replacing some other GOP members. The committee was seen as one of the last bastions of old-school Republicanism in Congress before Trump ordered a reshuffle.

A sense of euphoria oozed at celebrations hosted by activists in Washington, D.C., on Monday, as MAGA's front lines rang in the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Trump and MAGA are even more unpopular here than people already thought – including among many Republican-leaning voters. Tens of thousands of them in all parts of the state passed on backing him, and then proceeded to vote for GOP candidates down-ballot.

At parties throughout Washington over the long Inauguration weekend, creators and strategists who take credit for Donald Trump’s victory toasted their success on the dimes of TikTok, Google, and Spotify.

Speaker Mike Johnson has made the House Intelligence Committee far friendlier to the MAGA movement, and the adverse consequences are likely to linger.

Trump’s speech had the supreme confidence of a leader who knows his rivals are vanquished and licking their wounds. So Trump wasn’t shy about claiming a mandate—not just from the voters but from God. About the election results, Trump said,

If anyone was expecting moderate Republicans in Congress to temper Donald Trump’s more extreme plans on immigration and tariffs, the president-elect doesn’t plan to give them the chance, Trump told lawmakers this week.

Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming -- the guy who once warned that a Green New Deal would ban cheeseburgers and milkshakes -- said it was unspecified “policies of the liberal administration” that caused the LA wildfires, and as a result there should be “strings attached” to any federal aid for California.

Trump's got the bullhorn now to say, ‘MAGA nation is watching,’” said outgoing Dallas County Republican Party Chair Kelley Koch.

Several GOP Senate incumbents are already staring down the threat of primary challenges next year as friction builds between the MAGA and establishment wings. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who plans

Speaker Johnson bows to Mar-a-Lago in ousting Intel Chair Mike Turner.

The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.