The House passed the remainder of its annual appropriations bills on Friday, marking the first step toward avoiding a shutdown just hours before federal funding is set to lapse for a slew of government agencies. Lawmakers passed the $1.2 trillion spending bill in a 286-134 vote, overcoming the two-thirds threshold needed to advance the lower […]
House Freedom Caucus members are hinting that the passage of the final appropriations deal could have significant ramifications for Republicans, particularly Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as a motion to vacate hovers over his head. The House passed the spending deal on Friday with 112 Republicans voting against the legislation, and several hard-line conservatives have come […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is set to face his own ouster after expediting bipartisan spending legislation through the lower chamber on Friday, just hours before a scheduled government shutdown. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate against the speaker on Friday, accusing the speaker of failing to do more to secure […]
Former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is reportedly on the list of vice presidential options for former President Donald Trump and independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gabbard represented the state’s 2nd Congressional District for four terms and ran for president in 2020 as a Democrat before leaving the Democratic Party in 2022. Since then, […]
As former President Donald Trump struggles to post his $464 million bond in the New York civil fraud case, Truth Social going public looked like it might have been his saving grace. Except he won’t be able to turn his shares into cash for six months, and his bond is due Monday. Investors signed off […]
Officials in the United Kingdom are fighting the spread of a deadly synthetic drug reported to be 40 times stronger than fentanyl. Referred to as nitazines, 2-benzyl benzimidazole opioids are the product of synthetic compounds developed in the 1950s as pain medication, according to a report. They were never approved for medical use, but their […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) became one of the first House Republicans on Friday to float the idea of replacing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the chamber prepares to vote on its final set of spending bills for the fiscal year. “We need a Speaker of the House who will fight to secure America’s border […]
Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-backed United Nations Security Council resolution that called for an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” in Gaza on Friday. Eleven countries voted in favor of the resolution on Friday morning, while those two, along with Algeria, voted against it, and there was one abstention. This was the fourth attempt by the […]
Over three-quarters of the country is fearful that the presidential election will turn violent, the latest sign that the nation is bracing for division and clashes not seen since the Civil War. In the latest Battleground Civility Poll, 78% said they are concerned the election will become violent, and they blame former President Donald Trump […]
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are fighting to keep young voters on their side in Michigan and Pennsylvania, two vital swing states where the two are virtually tied. According to a new CNN poll, voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with the presumptive nominees. One-sixth of voters said they are “double […]
