76ers star shutdown: Joel Embiid sidelined for rest of NBA season
Joel Embiid's stellar 2022-23 season, culminating in the NBA MVP honors Philadelphia 76ers center, appears to be a distant memory. His 7-footer professional basketball career has been hampered by injuries, and knee issues have contributed to his latest setback. On Friday, the Six announced that a left knee injury would force the seven NBA All-stars […]
Conservative calls to codify DOGE cuts complicate path to avoiding shutdown
The increase in calls among Hardline House conservatives to incorporate cuts to reduce in government funding bills developed by the government's Department of Efficiency (DOGE) complicates efforts to avoid shutdowns two weeks before the looming deadline. The plea is poised to hold speaker Mike Johnson (r-la.) in a tricky, but familiar position that manages his […]
Fight over Trump's spending powers boosts shutdown odds
Congressional negotiators who will compete to avoid government shutdowns next month appear to have hit a wall over the question of whether to limit Trump's powers and limit money spending. On one side of that disparity is a democratic old-time customer who has already hammered the White House for refusing to support a program previously […]
Republicans dig in heels against restricting Trump powers in shutdown talks
Top Republicans are digging their heels against limiting President Trump's authority in negotiations with Democrats as both sides struggle to get contracts to avoid government shutdowns next month. House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters Wednesday that there remains a “substantial difference” between the parties, who are staring at the March 14 deadline, […]
Johnson says deal to avert shutdown will probably be 'clean,' without DOGE cuts
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that a suspension to avoid government shutdowns next month would be “inevitable” and that it would be as “clean” as possible as both sides struggle for weeks to strike a full-year funding agreement. “It appears inevitable at this point,” Johnson was pressed for the prospect of a six-month stop, […]
Shutdown fight collides with GOP push for Trump priorities
The race to prevent government shutdown next month is clashing with Republican efforts to enact President Trump's tax and funding priorities. Congressional negotiators have struggled for weeks to enter into bipartisan contracts to maintain government funding past the mid-March deadline. At the same time, House Republicans are competing to pass the bill through a budget […]
What Dems are demanding as they finally get leverage in race to prevent government shutdown
Congressional Democrats want to ensure President Donald Trump and his administration are not exempt, or will not spend some of the money allocated to the new spending bill to avoid government shutdowns at the March 14 deadline I want to choose. They are specifically asking Trump to spend the money as Congress was allocated, which […]
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan
Congress is struggling to sign contracts to maintain government funds as an impending deadline to prevent the closure next month. Lawmakers will pass the law to prevent funds from lapsing, as they have not been a month since mid-March. “We can't do exactly the same kind of deals before. We try to work hard to […]
Republicans hope to jam through defense, border funding boost ahead of shutdown fight
Senate Republicans have an ambitious goal of thwarting them apart from the budget-based process, through increased funding for defense and border security, ahead of the mid-March deadline to prevent government shutdowns. Masu. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (Rs.C.) told President Trump this week, “It would really help if he could give him the money […]
Senate Democrats split over how to combat Trump's USAID shutdown
Senate Democrats are divided into ways to oppose President Trump's attempts to cut down the US International Development Agency (USAID) in a bigger battle with the administration's efforts to review the federal government. On one hand, there are Democrats seeking to enlist Republican allies, historically solid supporters of foreign aid, as an important tool to […]