The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has temporarily banned drones over some of New York's "critical infrastructure sites." "This action is purely precautionary; there are no threats to these sites," New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said in a statement on Thursday. The ban will last through Jan. 18. "While we have not detected any public...
Thirty-eight House Republican lawmakers voted against the President-elect Trump-backed government spending bill which failed to clear the lower chamber with just over a day before the shutdown. These GOP representatives voted against the measure on Thursday that would have prevented a government shutdown and suspended the debt limit: The bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...
House Republicans have abandoned language to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry from a new government funding bill released late Thursday. Leaders earlier this week agreed to PBM reforms as part of a sweeping health package, but the overall funding bill it was attached to was torpedoed by frustrated GOP lawmakers, with assists...
The House is slated to vote on the revamped government spending bill on Thursday evening. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) initially proposed the continuing resolution on Tuesday evening, but was met with opposition from lawmakers across the aisle, including President-elect Trump and his close allies. The vote is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. local...
House Democrats are rallying in overwhelming opposition to the Republicans' second stab at a government funding bill, vowing to sink it on the House floor and force GOP leaders back to the table to negotiate a bipartisan compromise. Huddling behind closed doors in the Capitol basement, party leaders detailed their opposition to the bill and...
House Republicans say they have a deal for a new spending plan after the first one, a bipartisan effort, went down in flames when it was rejected by many members and President-elect Trump. But Democrats have said the plan B is "laughable." A vote is scheduled for Thursday evening. Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) handling of...
President-elect Trump has thrown a wrench into government funding negotiations with his call to eliminate the debt ceiling just days before a potential shutdown. Republican lawmakers are already deeply divided over the path ahead for a spending bill after Elon Musk spurred a GOP revolt against a bipartisan spending bill. Trump’s call to permanently eliminate...
Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) threatened Thursday to vote against any government funding package that doesn’t include disaster relief for the victims of hurricanes Helene and Milton, which ravaged their states. The GOP lawmakers issued their warning after President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance called on Congress to pass a clean...
President-elect Trump on Thursday backed a new spending deal brokered by House Republicans to avert a shutdown after a previous proposal was torpedoed amid opposition from Trump and several of his allies. The plan now includes a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling in what became an unexpected sticking point by Trump and Vice President-elect...
The odds of a shutdown were rapidly growing on Thursday after President-elect Trump upended the talks by urging GOP lawmakers to shutter the government unless Democrats agree to a clean stopgap spending bill that raises or abolishes the debt limit. “If we don’t get it, then we’re going to have a shutdown, but it’ll be...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the pressure is on the Palestinian militant group Hamas to move forward with the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, arguing the group’s support from its allies in the region has dwindled in recent months. “Well look, we are encouraged because this should happen, and it should happen because Hamas...
