Congress one step closer to avoiding government shutdown after bill passes House
Just weeks before Election Day, Congress took a critical step toward averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the month. Faced with an Oct. 1 deadline and little bipartisan progress on spending priorities for fiscal year 2025, the House on Wednesday passed a short-term extension of current fiscal year federal funding levels to […]
Trump thanks Congress after measure increasing protection advances: ‘Big threats on my life by Iran’
Former President Trump thanked Congress after the Senate passed a bill on Tuesday to strengthen his Secret Service protection following two assassination attempts, and warned of a major threat to his life from Iran. “Iran poses a serious threat to my life. The entire U.S. military is watching and standing by,” Trump said. I wrote […]
What’s next for the US Congress, Trump, Mike Johnson — and Ukraine
Congress rejected a six-month budget bill last week. Technically, lawmakers only rejected the SAVE Act package, but in reality, it killed House Republicans' momentum and influence. Doing nothing at this point is not an acceptable option and the government will be “shut down” at midnight seven days from now. So what's next? For now, a […]
Congress has one more week in session to avert a government shutdown
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Trump calls on Congress to ban sanctuary cities
Campaigning in North Carolina on Saturday, former President Trump said that if elected president, he would ask Congress to pass a bill banning sanctuary cities. “As soon as I take office, I will send federal law enforcement to every city that is failing to extradite criminal aliens. As many cities have, we will track down […]
Congress Debuts Bill to Pressure Financial Institutions Not to Fund Chinese Slavery
Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced legislation on Thursday that would require the Treasury Department to use U.S. representatives at international organizations to pressure those organizations not to fund slavery around the world, particularly the Chinese government's genocidal slavery of the Uighur people. The Forced Labor Funding Prohibition Law specifically addresses the […]
Congress Takes Big Step Toward Dismantling Biden-Harris Admin’s EV Mandate
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that, if enacted, would overturn the Biden-Harris administration's de facto electric vehicle (EV) mandate. The House voted 215 to 191. Approved HJ Res. 136 is a bill that, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Joe Biden, would repeal the Environmental Protection […]
Congress races to patch $3 billion Veterans Affairs shortfall
Lawmakers are rushing to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs, with officials warning that benefits for veterans and their families are at risk if Congress doesn't act in the coming days. The House passed the bill with bipartisan support Wednesday night, and lawmakers from both […]
Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service 400 employees short of what Congress authorized: report
The Secret Service is currently facing new scrutiny following the second assassination attempt on President Trump and is reportedly operating with about 400 fewer personnel than authorized by Congress. According to government records reviewed by Reuters, the Secret Service employed 7,879 people as of February, short of the roughly 8,300 employees the government expects. The […]
Defense experts warn US military ‘not prepared’ for major global war as Congress feuds over funding
As Congress plunges into another fiscal showdown, defense hawks are warning that the United States faces one of the “most difficult and most dangerous” global environments since World War II. National security experts are warning that the U.S. military is woefully unprepared for the growing risk of a major international conflict, echoing concerns expressed by […]