Futures slip as government funding bill deadline looms, growth fears persist – Yahoo Finance
(Reuters) – U.S. equity index futures fell Thursday as investors closely monitored the halted government fundraising bill amid the escalation of slowdowns driven by President Donald Trump's chaotic tariff policies. The US Senate funding bill keeps the government running until September 30th. The Republican-controlled House passed the bill early in the week. However, Senate Democrats […]
Senate Democrats struggle with funding dilemma as shutdown deadline looms
Senate Democrats are staring at a major dilemma as they struggle with how to handle GOP halt spending bills in the face of potential government shutdowns by the weekend. Democrats are fully aware of how to wrap their arms as they try to consider a few issues at the meeting towards Friday's deadline. They held […]
Left Punished in Greenland Election, New Trump-Friendly Govt Looms
The dramatic and unexpected election results in Greenland saw that longtime heritage parties have come to power, and more right-wing pro-American politicians are set to take control of Congress for the first time. The preliminary results of the Greenland election held on Tuesday show unpredictable historic results by pollsters, with the long-standing political establishment party […]
Senate Democrats in the hot seat as government shutdown looms
Capitol Hill is getting full speed with funding deadlines coming up rapidly on Friday. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has gathered Republicans behind the ongoing resolution released over the weekend, and despite the historically narrow advantages of House Democrats, this time it appears that fiscal conservatives are heading for government shutdowns. If the CR passes the […]
Johnson looks to pass stopgap as government shutdown deadline looms
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) works to keep the lights in Washington in the first week of President Trump's second term, so he has passed his suspension funding bill by Friday's deadline and is trying to lock his votes in order to avoid government shutdowns. Johnson announced the ongoing resolution on Saturday. This kept the government […]
House GOP seeks spending cuts in plan to avert shutdown as deadline looms
House Republicans announced Saturday Six-month suspension government funding plancalling for de-evacuation programs and IRS reductions. The bill rollout will launch a critical stretch for GOP leadership to lock down support ahead of Friday's closure deadline with a Trump-backed strategy that sparked Democrats' rage. The plan is trying to maintain government funding until September. While it […]
House Dems shut down stopgap funding talks as government shutdown looms
House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled Friday that Democrats would not support House Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to avoid the looming government shutdown. Johnson (R-La.) indicated Friday that he intends to come up with a “clean” continuous solution for the vote early next week. Jeffries blasted out, “unacceptable.” “We'll have a clean CR on the […]
Spending skeptics rally behind Trump’s CR pitch as government shutdown looms
With the government looming on Congress, Republicans largely united behind the pitch of President Donald Trump and Mike Johnson (R-La.) and passed a clean, continuing resolution. The CR text has not been finalized, but House Republicans have stepped out of the closed door meeting with a positive outlook. As first reported by Blaze News, fiscal […]
Rep. Green slammed for ‘shameful and egregious behavior’ as censure looms
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. scolded Rep. D-Texas Al Green for engaging in “shameful and terrible behavior” during President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. A speaker who launched Green from his House room accused lawmakers of “deliberately” violating House rules. The X speaker's post denounces Green's actions survived […]
Jets’ chaotic receiver situation looms over unsettled QB issue
Davante Adams is gone. Allen Lazard will then exit the door. Tyler Conklin may be after him. For a while, forget to search for alternatives to Aaron Rodgers as Jets franchise quarterback. Who will catch the exact pass from Tyrod Taylor (or someone else) this season? The Jets released Adams on Tuesday with a salary […]