President Joe Biden’s catch-and-release policies for illegal immigration that caused a historic invasion of the United States was the first scandal of his presidency, but it was his catastrophic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan that destroyed his public standing and pushed him permanently into disapproval. These pages noted at the time that Biden’s mental capacity was slipping and that his diminished ability to […]
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) attended the Baltimore Ravens NFL game on Saturday alongside the state’s Gov. Wes Moore (D) against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The two Democrats sat next to each other at the game. “Great to welcome my friend @JohnFetterman to Maryland to catch a @Ravens victory,” the Marylander wrote in a post on the...
Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice," is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.
President-elect Trump took issue with fees charged to use the Panama Canal, a vital shipping route, on Saturday night, claiming that he will demand oversight of the waterway be given back to the U.S. when he returns to office if it's not changed. “The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary...
House Republicans are searching for a way to avoid a government shutdown, hours before the late Friday deadline, after their second funding proposal was defeated Thursday night. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said early Friday that Republicans had arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and a vote was planned soon. His comments come after Democrats and several...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation. "Yeah, yeah, we have a plan," Johnson said Friday morning as he entered the Capitol. "We're expecting votes this morning, so you all stay tuned. We've got a plan."...
Donald Trump's second term will be marked by his demand for personal loyalty, with his "Loyalty Enforcement Trio" of Trump Jr., Vance, and Musk enforcing loyalty to the president and his agenda, potentially leading to a power shift in the executive branch.
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...
