President-elect Donald Trump is forcing Mike Johnson (R-LA) into a speakership-defining moment on the debt limit, inserting a loyalty test into an already tenuous fight over government funding. Trump expects Congress to raise, or eliminate, the federal debt ceiling before he assumes office on Jan. 20 and is demanding that Johnson start from scratch on a short-term […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was jokingly named the next U.S. president by the hosts of The View on Thursday. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) released his continuing resolution to fund the government two days ago to a mixed reaction from his own party, leaving a government shutdown looming. Musk led the opposition to the spending […]
Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO was hit with new charges the same day he was extradited to Manhattan. Mangione’s federal criminal complaint, unsealed on Thursday, hit him with two stalking charges, murder with a firearm, and a firearms offense. It justified the federal prosecution due to his alleged use of […]
The National Rifle Association is growing hopeful that after four years of fighting off anti-gun policies in Washington and several state capitals, having an ally in the White House will result in several pro-firearms policies. Doug Hamlin, the CEO and executive vice president of the nation’s biggest and oldest Second Amendment advocacy, said that the […]
Comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan reflected on the “madness” of the legal battles President-elect Donald Trump faced before the 2024 election, rebuking the “corruption” of these charges with guest Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich, former Democratic governor of Illinois, was discussing the legal battle and trial that he faced in the early 2010s that saw him […]
The FBI launched an investigation into unidentified unmanned aircraft spotted flying in Texas skies over a major naval military base. The mysterious “drones,” which have been spotted in multiple states and sparked congressional uproar, were seen this week near the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in White Settlement. White Settlement Police Department […]
President Joe Biden’s staff played a pivotal role in shielding him from the public eye by constructing walls around the aging Democratic leader, blocking out even key lawmakers and senior members of his own administration. A stack of interviews from a new Wall Street Journal report included concerns from Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), a maverick […]
The possibility of a government shutdown has opened up once again after a Republican revolt over a bloated continuing resolution. On Wednesday, House Republican leaders faced an immediate revolt over a continuing resolution that expanded current levels of government funding until March 14 and included an additional $110.4 billion in spending. President-elect Donald Trump backed […]
Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s allies in the House are calling for a government shutdown amid chaos in the lower chamber after House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) continuing resolution fell apart in a matter of hours Wednesday. House Republicans are now openly calling for a government shutdown just days before the Christmas holiday. “Shut it […]
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) recommended that President-elect Donald Trump help unite the “free-range chickens” of the Republican Party under the government spending bill. With a government shutdown looming, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) released his continuing resolution to fund the government this week to a mixed reaction from his party. Kennedy said the over-1,500-page legislation […]
