Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) made a call for President-elect Donald Trump and Congress to look at “the numbers” in addressing “out-of-control” spending, about which some Republicans are already in disagreement. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has expressed desire to enact Trump’s agenda in a bigger bill, which would also address cutting down spending, whereas Sen. […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk turned on his erstwhile ally, Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, in a twist of his recent forays into United Kingdom politics. Musk has increasingly involved himself in U.K. politics over the past several weeks, savaging the ruling Labour government and shining a spotlight on the mostly-Pakistani rape gang scandal. While formerly […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) laid out an ambitious timeline to pass a massive budget reconciliation bill later this year comprising all of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest priorities into a single package. The package will include policies ranging from taxes and energy to immigration and national defense, which will all be tied together in a […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed enthusiasm to get to work on President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda this year, which would include ending the grip of “the deep state” on the nation. Johnson’s previewing the House’s work going into 2025 comes after he retained the gavel on Friday’s speaker vote, after which he met up with […]
New York City launched a new congestion toll for motorists entering Manhattan, marking the first such toll to be launched in the United States. The tax, $9 for most motorists entering congestion zones during peak hours, is modeled after similar levies in major European cities. The taxes themselves will go toward repairing New York City’s […]
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) offered tacit praise for Kash Patel‘s nomination as FBI director, though he stopped short of saying he would support him. In an interview with NBC News’s Meet the Press, Thune was pressed on some senators’ concerns about certain Cabinet nominations, particularly Patel. Thune said he had met Patel and […]
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declined to say Sunday who the new leader of the Democratic Party is following Vice President Kamala Harris‘s electoral loss to President-elect Donald Trump. Schumer joined NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday for the show’s first broadcast of 2025, where he denied that Democrats misled the public about […]
South Korean protesters adopted United States symbols and slogans to signal their support in the country’s political crisis. The supporters of ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol have found common cause with conservatives in the U.S., drawing parallels between their situation and President-elect Donald Trump’s. On Friday, pro-Yoon protesters flew the American flag, sang the […]
Allstate deleted a video message from its CEO Thomas Wilson in the wake of the terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 15 people, days after viewers criticized it. The video aired during the college football Sugar Bowl match between Notre Dame and Georgia and was subsequently posted on X. WHICH ITEMS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY TRUMP’S PROPOSED […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York pointed out that the silver lining of President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing is that his conviction could be appealed as it “needs to be.” Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan scheduled Trump’s sentencing for his 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for Jan. 10, days before his presidential inauguration. Merchan has shown preference […]
