President-elect Donald Trump hasn't set foot in the White House yet but already appears to be running Washington after torpedoing a bipartisan spending deal and forcing Congress to take up a tailored measure more to his liking. It hasn't been a smooth transition.
Democrats and Republicans on Thursday tanked House Speaker Mike Johnson's second attempt at a short-term government funding patch, adding more uncertainty as to whether Congress will avoid a partial government shutdown.
The June presidential debate between President Biden and then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may have been the first time that some voters noticed just how diminished Mr. Biden's capabilities were, but the problems were present more than four years earlier, according to a report.
"While polling demonstrates a majority of Americans approve of President-elect Trump's handling of the transition process, the coverage by broadcast networks ABC, CBS, and NBC has been almost uniformly negative," wrote Bill D'Agostino, an analyst with Newsbusters.org, a conservative media watchdog.
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 failed to secure the votes needed Thursday on a spending bill amid a looming government shutdown, handing a loss to President-elect Trump.