Dusty Johnson: Would be 'exceptionally stupid' to not fund government
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R.D.) told House members they had until midnight Friday to decide on year-end spending after House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-Louisiana) Plan B deal failed the night before. encouraged them to reach an agreement. “Everyone around here always says, 'Oh, woe is me.' …The reality is, we need to get this done. If […]
Republicans reportedly planning to follow through on Matt Gaetz threat to expose sex harassment hush fund for Congress
A group of Republicans is reportedly planning to carry out threats against former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz after he voted to release a report into sex trafficking allegations against him. Gates resigned from the House of Representatives after members of Congress expressed concerns about President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of him as U.S. attorney general. Gates […]
‘SUCCESS In Washington’: Trump Endorses House GOP Plan To Fund Government
President-elect Donald Trump supported an agreement by House Republican leaders to fund the government through March 2025 and raise the debt ceiling through 2027. President Trump's support for a House Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown follows his decision Wednesday to cut House Speaker Mike Johnson's initial stopgap funding. invoicewas heavily criticized by […]
CR to fund State Department agency accused of censoring, blacklisting Americans
The State Department agency, which has been criticized by conservatives for allegedly blacklisting Americans and news organizations, will be reimbursed in a continuing resolution (CR) bill currently being debated among lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The Global Engagement Center is included on page 139 of the CR. The agency did not disclose its budget allocations, but […]
Spending Bill Subsidizes State Department’s Conservative Censorship Slush Fund
The government funding bill includes a one-year extension of the State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC), which funds organizations that censor conservative media such as Breitbart News. Provisions extending funding for the program are included on page 139 of a 1,537-page continuing resolution released Tuesday night, hours before the House votes on the short-term spending […]
Bitcoin, Ethereum combo fund to lead ‘wave’ of crypto ETFs in 2025: Analysts – Cointelegraph
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track both Bitcoin and Ether are expected to be the first of a “wave” of new U.S. crypto funds in 2025, said Eric Balciunas, senior analyst at Bloomberg ETFs. He said there was. “We expect to see a wave of crypto ETFs next year, if not all at once,” Balciunas said. […]
Sam Altman to donate $1 million in personal funds to Trump's inauguration fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make a $1 million personal donation to President-elect Trump's inaugural fund, joining other technology leaders who made similar donations this week. The $1 million donation will come from Altman's funds, not from the ChatGPT maker itself, his spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. This differs from competitors in his industry, such […]
Amazon Gives $1,000,000 To Trump Inaugural Fund
Amazon will donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Big tech companies are preparing seven-figure donations. Exit It has been reported that Amazon's executive chairman Jeff Bezos plans to visit President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in mid-December. https://t.co/rdURSqUUf8 The company plans to donate $1 million to […]
Japan chooses ‘gold’ as kanji of the year in nod to Olympics glory – and slush fund politics | Japan
Kanji is relatives The word, which means gold or money, was chosen as Japan's word of the year, reflecting Japan's medal win at the Paris Olympics and the damaging financial scandal within the ruling party. A single character that can also be read as: Kane (Money) was unveiled this week at Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera Temple, where […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Donates $1M To Trump’s Inaugural Fund
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the MetaConnect event at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on September 27, 2023. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP) OAN Staff Sophia Flores6:00 PM – Thursday, December 12, 2024 Mark Zuckerberg's Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural […]