Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he told President Trump his proposed “anti-weaponization” settlement fund made it difficult for Republicans to push critical legislation through Congress, and that he believed the fund was now “off the table.” “I told him that it was a difficult prospect right now, given our vote tallies,” Johnson told…
The speaker said the Trump administration is also abandoning efforts to secure ballroom money in the pending party-line immigration bill.
Speaker Mike Johnson said he is deferring to President Donald Trump on his choice of housing official Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence. “The president has the right to make those confirmations or appointments, and the Senate, you know, has to weigh in as well,” Johnson said in an interview. “So, we’ll see
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Monday said he plans to force a House vote on his bill to block the Trump administration’s so-called anti-weaponization fund, despite the Department of Justice’s decision to back down from the proposal for now. The nearly $1.8 billion fund, which would compensate people who believe they were unfairly targeted or…
House Oversight Democrats are pushing to subpoena Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, noting that former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly cited both of their involvement in decisionmaking about the Epstein files. Ranking member Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) made the ask after Bondi’s Friday closed-door appearance before the committee’s investigators, during which Democrats said…
Democratic lawmakers are airing their frustration Tuesday, after President Trump appointed Bill Pulte to serve as acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Trump named Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency )FHFA), to replace Tulsi Gabbard after she resigned from the office last month. “Bill Pulte is…
President Trump on Monday endorsed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.), who has been missing from Capitol Hill and the campaign trail for months. Ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary in the Garden State’s 7th Congressional District — in which Kean is running unopposed — the president called him a “Great Representative.” Trump wrote on his Truth…