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Longest government shutdown in history nears likely end as House moves on funding bill
The end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally in sight, with the House of Representatives set to vote on a federal funding bill later Wednesday evening. House lawmakers are set to take a procedural vote in the 5 p.m. hour on whether to allow debate on…
Read More »Trump makes formal request to Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu
President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning made a formal request to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption and fraud charges. Trump asked Herzog to consider fully pardoning Netanyahu in a letter that Herzog’s office shared. Trump wrote that Netanyahu has…
Read More »Scalise reveals post-shutdown GOP battle plan as House readies for intense new schedule
House GOP leaders are looking to kick off next week in high gear to make up for the six weeks they spent out of session during the government shutdown. With the end of Congress’ 42-day fiscal standoff in sight, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told Fox News Digital that…
Read More »Reagan-appointed judge resigns in protest of Trump, warns of president’s ‘assault on the rule of law’
A senior federal judge in Massachusetts who was appointed by former President Reagan announced he has resigned in protest against President Donald Trump, who he says has been ‘using the law for partisan purposes.’ U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, 78, resigned on Friday and explained that the Trump administration’s…
Read More »Bill to end government shutdown survives key hurdle before House-wide vote
The House will vote on reopening the federal government Wednesday after lawmakers’ funding bill survived a key hurdle earlier in the morning. The bipartisan deal to end the 42-day government shutdown advanced through the House Rules Committee overnight Wednesday, with all Republicans supporting the measure and all Democrats against. It…
Read More »Republican erupts at Democrat during shutdown hearing: ‘My people aren’t getting paid thanks to you’
Tensions flared at a House hearing to advance legislation aimed at ending the government shutdown on Tuesday night, with two senior lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle trading barbs over the fallout. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., clashed with Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., the top Democrat on…
Read More »Senate reaches temporary truce to end record shutdown, but January battle looms
Senators believe that after reaching a deal to end the longest shutdown on record, they won’t be in the same position early next year. The bipartisan package that advanced from the Senate late Monday night would, if passed by the House this week, reopen the government until Jan. 30. Lawmakers…
Read More »Democrats, left empty-handed in shutdown, turn fury on Schumer
Frustration is boiling over among Democratic ranks against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., after walking away from the longest government shutdown on record largely empty-handed. Some argue that Schumer squandered key leverage and failed to steer his caucus through the chaos to victory. ‘I think that people did what…
Read More »Likely end of government shutdown in sight as House lawmakers poised to clear final hurdles
The House of Representatives appears to be on a glide path to ending the longest government shutdown in history, with lawmakers racing back to Capitol Hill after six weeks out of session. The House Rules Committee will meet to consider the Senate’s amended federal funding plan sometime after 5 p.m.…
Read More »Trump’s America First strategy builds deterrence through strong US-Israel alliance, experts say
Critics once called it isolationist. But national security experts now say Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ strategy is proving to be something else entirely — a hard-nosed policy of deterrence built on strong alliances, especially with Israel. Fred Fleitz, vice chair of the America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security…
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Republicans try to quash concerns of more exits following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise resignation
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s surprise resignation from Congress stunned House Republicans and sets up …
