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Senator beaten as tempers flared over slavery in Kansas in 1856. Are we better today? | Opinion
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoSouth Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks bludgeoned Sen. Charles Sumner unconscious, and Southern voters...
Senator wants to make Americans fight again
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoA version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Sen. Markwayne Mullin is not ashamed...
Political incivility is at a fever pitch. We don’t have to let it ruin friendships | Editorial
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 2 weeks agoAmericans on the left don’t like Americans on the right, and vice versa. Compromise, civil discourse...
Think American politics are nasty today? That’s nothing compared to the violent 1800s | Opinion
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo Canada News· 2 months agoThe 2024 presidential campaign is full of drama, and pundits left and right say this is the worst...
Make Congress Violent Again
HuffPost via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoLet's go back to the good ole days when men were men and there was nothing that a little tobacco juice in the eye and a walking stick to the head...
Markwayne Mullin defends conduct: ‘Every now and then, you need to get punched in the face’
The Hill via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoSen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), the former mixed martial arts fighter who challenged a labor leader...
Column: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution...
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoReading the Constitution aloud, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance over and over, denouncing...
If Santos is expelled, it'll be more punishment than an 1850s lawmaker got for nearly beating a...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoRep. George Santos is likely to be ousted, when even a 19th-century lawmaker who violently assaulted...
How Senate brawls and House shoves signal bigger problems in our government | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoOn Tuesday, Nov. 14, Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin challenged a hearing witness to a fight. In...
Markwayne Mullin defends Senate fight, remains open to punching or getting a cup of coffee with...
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoWASHINGTON - Sen. Markwayne Mullin said it's an Oklahoma thing. The Sooner State Republican nearly...