The federal government entered its first shutdown in nearly seven years on Wednesday after a bitterly divided Congress failed to pass more funding by a midnight deadline. Lawmakers remained deadlocked over Democratic demands to extend expiring enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Hours earlier, the Senate failed to overcome a 60-vote filibuster and approve a short-term funding proposal passed by the House that […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is hopeful Republicans will convince Democrats to vote to reopen the government, with senators reconvening Wednesday morning. The government funding resolution passed the House but stalled in the Senate, 55-45, with a 60-vote requirement. Three Democrats voted for the bill and one Republican voted against it. “I am hoping […]
President Donald Trump posted a photo of his congressional leadership meeting featuring “Trump 2028” caps resting on his desk. Trump posted the photo to his Truth Social on Tuesday evening as the government is set to shut down at midnight. Punchbowl News reported that Trump offered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader […]
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics has had his nomination pulled amid speculation that he wouldn’t get enough confirmation votes in the Senate. Trump had nominated EJ Antoni, 38, to lead the agency after firing former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, who he accused of overseeing “rigged” jobs numbers. Antoni’s nomination […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) clashed Tuesday with Gregory Jackson Jr., a former Biden White House adviser on gun violence, in a fiery exchange over police funding and the meaning of “two-spirit people.” During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Hawley grilled Jackson over a policy report produced by Community Justice Action Fund, the organization Jackson now […]
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is not letting Vice President JD Vance’s criticism slide. The comedian used his stage in Brooklyn to unload on Vance after the vice president mocked his ratings during a recent Fox News interview. Vance had argued that broadcast giants such as ABC, NBC, and CBS “enjoy the public airwaves because they […]
The White House is pulling the nomination of Brian Quintenz, whom President Donald Trump nominated as a board member and chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. A White House official confirmed the news to the Washington Examiner. The CFTC handles the U.S. derivatives markets, including option trading, and aims to promote their “integrity, resilience, […]
Late-night host Jimmy Fallon says his program is meant to entertain, not to divide, and he has no plans to change that. During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street this week, the Tonight Show host said his monologues are designed to reach a wide audience. “Our show’s never really been that political,” Fallon […]
For the second time in two weeks, the Senate rejected dueling proposals to fund the government, all but guaranteeing a shutdown at midnight. Senators voted 55-45 on Tuesday against a House-passed measure to keep the government open for another seven weeks, short of the 60-vote threshold needed to clear the filibuster. The bill was “clean,” […]
As an affront to President Donald Trump’s administration, the George Soros-backed activist group behind the nationwide “No Kings” protests is now spearheading a pressure campaign to pressure Senate Democrats toward forcing a government shutdown. Indivisible Project, the 501(c)(4) responsible for organizing much of the “resistance” against Trump, is directing its army of activists to flood […]
