White House Appears To Make Error In Executive Order Blocking Acquisition Of American Company
The White House appeared to err on Friday with its latest executive order blocking Nippon Steel's roughly $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel. The order, issued Friday, repeats language from May. presidential order Articles about real estate in China starting with “MineOne Cloud Computing Investment I LP's acquisition of certain Cheyenne-led real estate properties.” According […]
Mike Johnson Says Defending U.S. Borders ‘Number One Priority’ After Securing House Speaker Role
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said in a speech shortly after securing the gavel that securing the border is the “top priority” of the 119th Congress. After ultimately winning the speakership on the first vote, Johnson laid out his vision in the House of Commons, making it clear that securing the border was a top priority […]
GOP lawmaker dishes why he changed his vote to support Mike Johnson in heated House speaker vote
Mike Johnson, Republican, Louisiana, nominated for chair; re-elected He took the lead in the House on Friday, despite losing one fellow Republican in the final vote tally. In the end, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only Republican to vote against Johnson, but it could have been even worse for the House speaker. Rep. Keith […]
House passes rules package that will raise threshold for motion to vacate speaker
The Republican-controlled House on Friday passed proposed rules that would make it more difficult to remove the speaker from office. Under the new rules package, which passed the House on a close party-line vote of 215-209, a motion to vacate the speaker would require at least nine members of the speaker's same party to support […]
Mike Johnson re-elected Speaker of the House after Trump puts the squeeze on pair of GOP holdouts
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was re-elected to the House of Representatives after a last-minute reversal of two Republican opponents in a floor vote on Friday, with President-elect Donald Trump personally intervening to shut down opposition. . Mr. Johnson, 52, faces a razor-thin Republican majority in the House of Representatives, with 219 members from his own […]
Johnson Re-Elected House Speaker On First Ballot
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, givesls the gavel during the first session of the 119th Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on January 3, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty) image) OAN Staff Sophia FloresFriday, January 3, 2025 Updated at 11:39am: Congressman Mike Johnson secured enough […]
Mike Johnson re-elected House speaker as GOP mutiny threat dissolves
On Friday, House Speaker nominee Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) was reelected as Speaker. The Louisiana Republican won along party lines in the first round, in contrast to his predecessor's 15 long-running 2023 elections. This comes despite heavy criticism from some conservatives who have threatened to withhold support from Johnson in protest of his handling of government […]
Watch live: White House holds press briefing as Johnson fights to stay Speaker
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is scheduled to brief reporters on Friday as the House of Representatives votes on the speaker. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is struggling to keep the gavel as at least a dozen conservatives remain mum on whether they support him. At least one MP has already publicly expressed opposition […]
White House insider spills the tea on Biden’s cognitive decline in undercover report: ‘He’ll be dead in a year’
Remember when the media and White House officials chastised and shamed us for questioning President Biden's cognitive status? Remember when they claimed the video was a deepfake? Well, undercover reporting suggests that some key members of the Biden administration were well aware of his cognitive decline long before it became apparent to the public, but […]
Trump boosts Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ahead of vote
President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his support for House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday morning, hours before a high-stakes vote on whether to keep him in office. President Trump told Truth Social: “I wish Speaker of the House Mike Johnson the best of luck today. He's a great, talented guy, and his approval rating […]