House Republicans are eyeing an alternative government funding stopgap that excludes a debt ceiling increase, and are instead working on a commitment to raise the borrowing limit twice next year in a bid to appease President-elect Trump, two sources told The Hill. The new continuing resolution — which is still being hashed out and could...
U.S. population growth sped up toward more "historical norms" this year following a two-decade slump, spurred by international migration. According to U.S. Census Bureau data released Thursday, the country’s population grew by almost 1 percent this year to surpass 340 million people, marking the fastest annual growth rate since 2001. “An annual growth rate of...
California declared a state of emergency this week over the spread of bird flu in the state as the virus continues to be detected among the state's cattle herds. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said in a statement Wednesday that the declaration of an emergency is meant to "ensure government agencies have the resources and...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s (D) former top aide, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was indicted on bribery charges Thursday alongside her son and two real estate investors who were developing the Glass Ceiling, a rooftop bar near Herald Square, and the Hotel on Rivington on the Lower East Side The alleged money laundering scheme exceeded $100,000...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday the spending deal secured by the two parties is the “best path” for avoiding a government shutdown, but he did not rule out Democratic support for a smaller package to keep the lights on into next year. Asked if Democrats could get behind a continuing resolution (CR)...
The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman weighed in Wednesday on the recent turmoil faced by the GOP surrounding the government funding deal after President-elect Trump effectively torpedoed it. “But at the end of the day, as you said, it's now very uncertain what is going to happen,” Haberman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source.”...
President-elect Trump on Thursday celebrated the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) from the election interference case against him, arguing it should be the end of the prosecution over his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. "The case has to be thrown out because it was started corruptly by an incompetent...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check,” Jeffries posted to Bluesky. “Hard pass.” On Wednesday,...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday supported President-elect Trump’s pressure on lawmakers to eliminate the debt ceiling. “I agree with President-elect Trump that Congress should terminate the debt limit and never again govern by hostage taking,” Warren said in a post on social platform X. Trump said Thursday that he would back getting rid of...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday over his handling of a continuing resolution to keep the government open. Johnson's bill was faulted by a number of House Republicans as well as key figures in President-elect Trump's orbit for including too many provisions backed by Democrats. Johnson needed Democrats...
Tom Homan, Donald Trump’s declared “border czar,” says he would need at least 100,000 detention beds and a significant increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to successfully undertake the president-elect's plans. Trump has pledged the largest mass deportation in U.S. history, but how he will pay for his plans has been an open...
