Here’s how many US service members are spending the holidays away from home deployed overseas
While millions of Americans gather with loved ones to celebrate the Christmas holidays and usher in the New Year, hundreds of thousands of American men and women in uniform are separated from their families in distinctly festive-free parts of the world. I will be on vacation. As of June, 165,830 U.S. military personnel were deployed […]
Dozens of House lawmakers rally around funding Afghan visa program as Trump vows major spending cuts
A bipartisan group of 51 lawmakers is calling on House negotiators to keep funding flowing to a visa program for Afghans fleeing the takeover of their country by the Taliban. Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) sent a letter to House appropriations leaders continuing negotiations on remaining federal funding for fiscal year 2025. […]
House conservatives raised concerns about Johnson to Trump before spending fiasco
A small number of conservative House Republicans had voiced concerns to President-elect Trump about House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) even before last week's government funding debacle, on Capitol Hill and around Trump. Louisiana Republicans took the gavel less than two weeks before the speaker's vote, multiple sources told The Hill. Sources said Republicans had spoken […]
NATO leaders say era of 2% defense spending ‘probably history’ as Trump allegedly pushes 5% target
Four North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders and representatives of the European Union (EU) said Sunday that Russia remains a major security threat in Europe amid the Ukraine war and as Western countries prepare for what is to come. They announced that they agreed it was time to invest more in defense spending. Trump administration. […]
Donald Trump ‘Unhappy’ with Mike Johnson After Spending Fight
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) told reporters Friday that House Speaker Mike Johnson's best chance of keeping the gavel is to allow House Democrats to vote for him. . Without a single Democratic vote, Johnson can only lose one Republican in the House. Up to 25 House Republicans could vote against Speaker Johnson, the House Republican […]
‘I Appreciate’ that Elon Musk Made Spending Bill Battle Transparent
Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk brought the spending bill to the fight on Capitol Hill last week. He said he values transparency. “We've been bringing spending bills to the U.S. Senate since this summer, and Chuck Schumer has refused to name them,” […]
Incoming GOP senator says he would disagree with Trump on spending 'from time to time'
Sen.-elect John Curtis (R-Utah) said in an interview Sunday that he will disagree with President-elect Trump on spending “from time to time.” “I want him to be very successful. I'm going to ignore his opinions on things like inflation. I want him to bring peace to the world,” Curtis told ABC News. This week,” he […]
Speaker Johnson ‘on Thin Ice’ After Spending Bill
After the House passed a short-term spending bill to fund the government through March by a 366-34 margin on Friday, Fox News' Congressional Correspondents asked why this vote would be difficult for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R). He explained what could be the symptoms. LA). Despite the lopsided difference, the Johnson-led effort required Democrats to […]
Many Dems Make ‘B.S.’ Nonsense Arguments About Spending Somehow Saving Money
On Friday's episode of NewsNation's “Cuomo,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said many Democrats are trying to make an argument that would “make an accountant's head explode” by increasing spending. “Because it's all just theoretical basis,” he said. It doesn't work. ” “We have a fiscal problem, but no one really wants to admit why we […]
Spending Deal Has Over 1,000 Pages From Original Slashed After MAGA Revolt
The Pro-Trump News homepage sees 60 new headlines every 24 hours. Click here to take a look. Thousands of pages were removed from the spending agreement due to MAGA Republican revolt. The original bill was 1,547 pages, but the new bill is only 118 to 1,359 fewer pages than the original bill. It also includes […]