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2+ hour, 44+ min ago (10+ words) Friday's jobs report is better than it looks'Washington Examiner...
House GOP doesn't 'trust' Senate colleagues in shutdown: Sarah Bedford
23+ hour, 57+ min ago (303+ words) Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said there is a lack of trust among Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate over how to end the partial government shutdown. Democrats have accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of having "caved…...
Conservatives revolt over DHS deal, forcing Mike Johnson to scramble
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (762+ words) House Republicans are scrambling to find the votes for a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, as conservatives threaten to revolt over the exclusion of funding for deportations and re-up demands that the SAVE America Act be attached....
House rejects Senate DHS deal, passes short-term funding patch
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (1048+ words) The House voted to pass a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security late Friday night, rebelling against a plan from Senate Republicans that omitted funding for immigration enforcement agencies. House Republican leaders pushed a bill, through a…...
JD Vance reveals he thinks aliens are actually demons
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (437+ words) Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on the nature of extraterrestrial life in a wide-ranging podcast interview, suggesting that so-called "aliens" may instead be demons. Appearing on The Benny Show, hosted by right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson, Vance talked about extraterrestrials…...
House Ethics finds Cherfilus-McCormick committed wrongdoing
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (643+ words) A House Ethics subcommittee found that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) committed wrongdoing on most of the 27 counts leveled against her in a monthslong investigation centered on allegations of financial misconduct. Cherfilus-McCormick is accused of stealing $5 million in funds from the…...
Trump calls on Republicans to pass clean extension of FISA
1+ week, 1+ day ago (372+ words) President Donald Trump on Wednesday implored Republicans to pass a clean extension of warrantless government surveillance powers amid the war in Iran. Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday that it is more "important than ever" that the…...
House extends ban on Democrats forcing oversight votes
1+ week, 1+ day ago (344+ words) House Republicans voted Wednesday to block lawmakers from forcing politically difficult votes demanding information from the Trump administration, shutting down a key oversight tool for the rest of the year. Republicans tucked language extending a ban on resolutions of inquiry…...
Mike Johnson to address UK Parliament ahead of 250th anniversary
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (234+ words) Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday he will travel to London on Jan. 20 to address the U.K. Parliament, making him the first speaker to do so. The address will focus on America's 250th anniversary of independence, as the Trump administration plans to…...
GOP fiscal hawks open to Iran war supplemental funding without offsets
2+ week, 2+ day ago (620+ words) Republicans on Capitol Hill have begun discussing with the White House a supplemental funding bill for the conflict in Iran, and even fiscal hawks seem to be on board." Fiscal hawks in Washington are known to be rabble-rousers when it…...