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New House rules package makes booting speaker harder, includes major changes to vote timing

Speaker Mike Johnson pushed through a new House rules package that included last-minute changes that tweaked when certain bills can be voted on, and made it harder for lawmakers to boot a sitting speaker of the House.

Trump calls hush money case ‘rigged charade’ after judge sets sentencing date

President-elect Trump took to Truth Social to share his frustration after a judge set a Jan. 10 sentencing date in his New York hush money case, calling out a gag order which prevents him from discussing court staffers and prosecutors. “This illegitimate political attack is nothing but a Rigged Charade. ‘Acting’ Justice Merchan, who is...

Trump taps ex-Fox News contributor to join State department

President-elect Trump announced Friday that former Fox News contributor Tammy Bruce is slated to join his State Department later this month.  “It is my great honor to announce that Tammy Bruce will be joining our incredible Nominee for United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State,” he wrote...

GOP lawmaker warns of Johnson accountability for ‘failures’

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Va.) raised concern with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) second stint as the Republican leader in the lower chamber despite his support of the incumbent on Friday. Perry said there was no deal made to gain his vote for Johnson, but he emphasized his terms moving forward.   “We don't do the...

Violent crime in DC at 30-year low

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC announced a 35 percent reduction in violent crime on Friday, touting the success of violence interruption programs and interventions from law enforcement. “The strategy this Office began to employ shortly after I came into this role has been to work with our law enforcement partners to focus on the...

Authorities uncover more information on New Orleans attacker

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Authorities uncover more information on New Orleans attacker The driver behind a terrorist attack in New Orleans planned to use a transmitter to detonate two bombs he placed on Bourbon Street and had additional explosive...

As Biden & Co. leave, they’re doing their best to trash the country they claimed to serve

Joe Biden and his staffers are doing as much damage to America as they can on the way out.

With Mike Johnson set as speaker, Republicans can — must — get on to governing

House Republicans managed to re-elect Mike Johnson as speaker on the first ballot — albeit with a delay to wrangle the last two votes.

Gov. Hochul must play hardball with lawmakers to protect NYers from madmen

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing the Legislature to address the terror and mayhem from random violence by the mentally ill — but will she...

Why are U.S. flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month.

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