President Joe Biden blocked the Japanese company Nippon Steel’s $14 billion bid to buy U.S. Steel on Friday, saying it posed a threat to national security. “It is my solemn responsibility as president to ensure that, now and long into the future, America has a strong domestically owned and operated steel industry that can continue
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is due to appear in Manhattan federal court on Jan. 3, where a judge will consider a request to hold him in civil contempt for failing to turn over his assets to two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million for defamation. Original News Source Link
Several senators join the Appropriations, Judiciary, Finance, Foreign Relations, and Commerce Committees, where they will gain new influence over policy. WASHINGTON—As the 119th Congress takes office, the leaders of the Senate Republican Conference and Senate Democratic Caucus have unveiled their proposed committee assignments, which will heavily influence the policy agenda of the Senate for the
House Speaker nominee Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks with Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-Ga.) on the first sitting of the 119th Congress in Washington on Jan. 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The U.S. House of Representatives convenes for the first sitting of the 119th Congress in Washington on Jan. 3, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times show
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump was crucial to House Speaker-elect Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) victory on the first round of voting, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) told reporters after the vote. Near the end of the first, and only, round of voting for the speaker—a task the House must perform before members can be sworn in—Johnson seemed poised to
No other official business, including the Jan. 6 certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory, can take place before electing a speaker. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has only one goal on the first day of the new Congress: keeping his job and tamping down a potential Republican mutiny. On Jan. 3 at 12 p.m.
Biden will give the recipients their medals during ceremonies on Friday. President Joe Biden on Jan. 3 awarded seven Korean and Vietnam War veterans with the Medal of Honor for “acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty” and eight men with the Medal of Valor for exhibiting exceptional courage in