Speaker Johnson: Budget Resolution Vote May or May Not Happen Tonight

Both chambers of Congress must pass the same budget resolution in order to begin the reconciliation process to advance Trump’s agenda. WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) expressed uncertainty about whether there will be a vote on the evening of Feb. 25 on a budget resolution to begin the process of passing a bill codifying President

WATCH: WaPo Columnist, Confronted at a Book Event Over Her Hamas Sympathies, Says She Makes ‘No Apologies’ for Supporting October 7

Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said Monday that she has no regrets about retweeting a post supporting Hamas’s October 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel and blamed racism for the backlash to her pro-Hamas sympathies. “I make no apologies for standing on the side of Palestinian liberation, at all,” Attiah said after a woman confronted

House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Evaluating Past 4 Years in EAP Region

The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a hearing on evaluating the past four years in the East Asia and Pacific Region and unseized opportunities under President Donald Trump at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 25. Witnesses Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer, Center for a New American Security Zack Cooper, senior fellow, Ameri… Original News Source

Social Security Eliminates Entire Department

The decision removes the agency’s Office of Transformation. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it is eliminating its Office of Transformation, which it described in a news release Monday as a “wasteful department.” President Donald Trump previously “mandated the federal government eliminate wasteful and inefficient offices and the Office of Transformation was a prime

Power Grid Operators Say Congress Needs to Buttress Trump’s Energy Orders

Sen. Shelley Capito (R-W.V.) told nearly 2,200 regional utility directors that there is bipartisan momentum to advance the president’s goals. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring an “energy crisis” has set a clear course for federal agencies to ramp up energy production, but congressional action is needed to make it more than a