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GOP’s budget strategy: Delay, deflect, do nothing

Republican leaders have repeatedly promised to “fight the next time.” Even if they controlled all three branches of the government, it's a vow they made and broke from the Tea Party era. Despite retaining leverage at the start of each Congress, Republicans, including Donald Trump, have shown enduring fear of government shutdowns. They start with […]

Democratic leaders bash GOP’s spending plan: ‘Not acceptable’

House Democrat leaders warned Friday that they would not support a long-term extension of current funding levels. Minority leaders Hakeem Jeffries (NY), Whip Katherine Clark (Mass.) and Coucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (California) said the Republican bill was an effort by “partisans.” “That's not acceptable,” Democrats wrote in a letter to fellow House Democrats on Friday. […]

How the GOP’s welfare fence-sitting inflames the cost-of-living crisis

Welfare programs Republicans are hesitant to cut off are the main drivers of rising costs of living. They cannot argue that they support the “little man” while supporting programs that erode the dollar's purchasing power to promote sustained inflation and benefit wealthy investors and businesses. Republicans need to choose a clear path. During Covid-19, the […]

GOP’s Biggest Ukraine Booster Thinks Zelenskyy Overplayed His Hand

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a historically solid defender of Ukraine, has scrutinised the Ukrainian president, Voudiemea Zelenkie, following a fierce crying match between President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Trump and Vance were caught up in an explosive showdown in their oval office on Friday after Zelensky accused the US leader […]

Red state governor says DOGE aligns with GOP’s ‘fiscal sanity’

Exclusive: Governors across the country are off Washington, D.C. this week for the National Association of Governors' Winter Meeting. Among them, R-Miss, who said the government's Department of Efficiency has renewed the optimism of Republican governors in the federal government. Reeves, who was elected governor of Mississippi in 2019 and re-elected in 2023, told Fox […]

House GOP’s budget impasse thaws just as winter storm sacks Capitol

Democrats are targeting Doge and Elon Musk FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the Democratic pushback to government efficiency and government spending proposals. The story is said to be cheap. And so, House Republicans have done much of that as they tried to build internal contracts on budget plans that cut taxes […]

The Senate GOP’s Trump resistance is on life support

It is a rap. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former members of the Diet, D-Hawaii (D-HAWAII), have led the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Director of the National Information Bureau for confirmation by the U.S. Senate. What remains is Kash Patel for the Director of the Federal Bureau. This is an important White […]

Wicker, GOPs Demand Accountability for Austin Going AWOL Twice

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) and 11 other Republican senators said the Pentagon inspector general's report released this week would raise the law when Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hid multiple people. President Joe Biden is demanding that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin be held accountable after he was found not to have […]