In the first weeks, lawmakers will have to elect a speaker and certify the 2024 election. The GOP also wants bills on taxes, border security, and debt. WASHINGTON—The 119th Congress of the United States will take office on Jan. 3, 2025, and last for two years, until Jan. 3, 2027. Republicans will hold a slim
There will be new faces in the Senate when the 119th Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2025. Thanks to flipping four seats, the GOP will control the upper congressional chamber, 53-47, for the first time since early January 2021. Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.), while they also won their elections on Nov.
Earlier this year, officials from across the Biden-Harris administration reviewed intelligence detailing Iraq’s central role in a billion-dollar Iranian oil smuggling scheme. But they largely ignored that intelligence, according to those briefed on the matter, giving Tehran what one former U.S. official described as a “free pass” to evade American sanctions and rake in illicit
‘He was acting in the public interest,’ left-wing watchdog group says (Getty Images) President Joe Biden is facing pressure to commute the sentence of Charles Littlejohn, the former IRS consultant who leaked the tax returns of Citadel CEO Ken Griffin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and other wealthy individuals. Left-wing groups Revolving Door Project and Patriotic
Patagonia shares address and personnel with mysterious company that donated $2.2 million to Democratic super PACs (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Within days of its founding in early August, a mysterious company called Save Our Home Planet Action, Inc. managed to get ahold of nearly $2.2 million—funds that it promptly handed over to a collection of
President-elect Donald Trump disclosed the plans on New Year’s Eve. President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 31 said he plans to attend the funeral of late President Jimmy Carter. “I’ll be there. We were invited,” Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. Carter died at age 100 on Dec. 29. The Georgia native was the president
The president-elect said he ‘didn’t change his mind’ over the program, which he had criticized during his 2016 campaign. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday offered more commentary on H-1B visas amid an online debate between Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and conservatives on social media over the visa program. An H-1B visa is provided to