Congress races toward fast-approaching government shutdown deadline
Congress has just 10 days until government funding runs out, but lawmakers have not struck a deal to keep the lights on over the holidays. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expect the government to keep businesses open past the Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. But negotiators are leaving colleagues guessing how that will be […]
More Americans say health care is government responsibility: Gallup
62 percent of Americans say it is the federal government's responsibility to ensure that everyone has access to health insurance. That's according to a new Gallup poll. This number is the highest in more than a decade, including a low of 42% in 2013, when the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, was […]
Syrian government still functioning: Prime minister
Syria's prime minister said the country's government is still functioning and most ministers are still working, even after rebels entered Damascus and President Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Prime Minister Mohammad Ghazi Jalali told Sky News Arabian Television: “We are working to ensure that the transition period is swift and smooth.” The prime minister also […]
‘We’re Not Touching’ Social Security in Proposed Cuts to Government Spending
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will not cut Social Security. Host Kristen Welker said, “The president-elect will challenge billionaire CEO Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX to control government spending, along with businessman Vivek Ramaswami, one of Trump's former chief rivals.'' “We're ordering […]
Syrian government collapses after rebels take control of country's capital
The Syrian government collapsed early Sunday after rebels invaded the capital Damascus, ending the Assad family's 50-year rule in the war-torn country. The rebels' victory ended a 10-day offensive as warplanes raced across the country, seizing much of what had been government-held territory, including the cities of Aleppo and Hama and, the night before, the […]
Trust in military rebounding among Americans, who want the government to spend more on national defense: survey
Americans have increased confidence in the military after years of decline and are more likely to support increased military spending as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, according to the latest Reagan Defense Survey results released Thursday. are. The survey, conducted just days after the 2024 election, revealed that Americans' views of the military […]
GOP senator announces ‘DOGE Acts’ to back Musk, Ramaswamy government cost-cutting objectives
Sen. Marsha Blackburn plans to introduce a series of bills supporting the goals of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as Republican lawmakers launch legislative efforts to support cost-cutting efforts. is. The Tennessee Republican announced plans to unveil the DOGE Act in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday. They […]
Democrat Frost slams DOGE: Billionaires 'cosplaying as government officials'
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) criticized President-elect Trump's choice to chair the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) committee, saying, “He's a millionaire among people,” he said. “Let's be honest about DOGE and this. It's a joke,” he said on MSNBC Thursday evening, noting that DOGE “is not an actual department of this government.” President Trump […]
Musk, Ramaswamy meet with lawmakers to discuss the DOGE’s plans to cut government waste
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami I headed to Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with lawmakers regarding President-elect Donald Trump's next Department of Government Efficiency. “I think the people's money should be spent wisely,” Musk told reporters as he walked through the Capitol building with one of his children, 4-year-old X, on his shoulders. “This is […]
Musk, Ramaswamy huddle with lawmakers in quest to downsize widely-distrusted federal government with DOGE
Many Americans don't trust the federal government, and Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire businessman tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with bringing down the unruly bureaucratic Leviathan, believes that I think that's the right attitude. “I don't think we should trust the government,” Musk previously declared. Apparently, people are way ahead of him. “As of April […]