President-elect Trump on Sunday made public his support for Republican lawmakers to pass key components of his agenda into law with a single reconciliation bill, previewing what is expected to be a lengthy and complicated legislative task in the first few months of his second term. "Members of Congress are getting to work on one...
House Speaker Mike Johnson drew some energetic press coverage following his reelection on Friday. The media had plenty to say about the Louisiana Republican. Here's a few headlines from the last 48 hours.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Washington is prepared for the certification of the 2024 election results on Jan. 6, after "major shifts" were made to avoid a rerun of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
House Speaker Mike Johnson scored a major triumph in a dramatic single-ballot victory to retain the speaker's gavel, but House Republicans will need to stay united to move President-elect Donald Trump's lofty agenda with their paper-thin majority.
MSNBC’s Symone Sanders-Townsend on Sunday criticized a recent event featuring a documentary about President-elect Trump’s ally John Eastman that occurred at the president-elect’s Mar-a-Lago estate. “This is sickening,” Sanders-Townsend said on “The Weekend” in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “This is sickening. I am sick.” Those at the Saturday event included Trump, Italian Prime Minister...
President Biden on Sunday signed a Social Security bill repealing two statutes that have diminished payouts to public sector workers including firefighters and teachers for years. “The bill I’m signing today is about a simple proposition,” Biden said before signing the Social Security Fairness Act. “Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made a surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago to meet with President-elect Trump on Saturday. They were joined by a number of Trump’s expected nominees for his forthcoming administration, according to a pool report, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), tapped for secretary of State; Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.), picked for national security...