(The Center Square) – Formal reading into the congressional record of the resignation by Matt Gaetz from the U.S. House of Representatives and the 119th Congress was done Friday ahead of U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson winning the speakership. Gaetz, a northwest Florida Republican, won election to a seat in this Congress in November. He then […]
(The Center Square) – In less than two weeks, state legislators will convene for the 2025 legislative session, taking action on hundreds of bills, six of which they have already proposed around gun control. There’s still plenty of time to propose more throughout the 105-day session, but three have come out of the state House of Representatives, […]
(The Center Square) – Last month, outgoing Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee proposed a 1% tax on an individual’s wealth above $100 million as part of a plan to plug a projected budget shortfall of between $10 billion and $16 billion, depending on who you ask. “We have proposed what I call a very modest tax […]
Mike Johnson (R-LA) defied expectations when he secured the speaker’s gavel after a single round of voting on Friday, but the political honeymoon could be short-lived as Republicans attempt to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. Johnson avoided the sort of drawn-out fight that plagued Kevin McCarthy’s speakership election in 2023. He won over all but one […]
When House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected, some conservatives said they only voted for him because President-elect Donald Trump asked them to. Johnson has been a pragmatic House speaker who has often worked with Democrats, but Trump in a second term may show his pragmatic side too, if the Art of the Deal author […]
The 2024 presidential election was the first one in which both candidates utilized podcasts in a bid to reach voters who get their news from sources outside legacy media. President-elect Donald Trump conducted far more podcast interviews than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, who made the occasional appearance. Regardless, 2024 marked a noticeable shift […]
President Joe Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to a group of 19 politicians, athletes, artists, and humanitarians Saturday. Biden has less than three weeks left in office and has spent recent days honoring Americans for contributions to society. On Friday, he bestowed Medals of Honor and Valor […]
Washington, D.C., Councilman Trayon White, who is facing federal bribery charges, made a vague public apology just moments after being sworn into office earlier this week. “This morning, I want to say that I apologize to my city, and I love my city to the core of who I am,” White said. “I’m not a […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he would be open to entire committees viewing background checks of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Traditionally, Senate committee leaders won’t share background checks with the rest of the committee leaders given how lengthy the reports can be. There is an expectation the Senate committees make their confirmations […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and a group of Republican senators are warning the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives against putting into place any new policies ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. The senators sent a letter to Director Steven Dettelbach telling him to “firmly commit to and focus […]
