The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—The House on Dec. 19 voted down a pared-down, Trump-backed plan to fund the government with just more than 24 hours until a government shutdown begins. In a 235–174 vote, lawmakers rejected the proposal. The group voting against the bill included all but two
The new deal was negotiated after Trump opposed a previous bill. WASHINGTON—An agreement backed by President-elect Donald Trump to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week has been reached and a vote is set for the night of Dec. 19, The Epoch Times has learned. It is a pared-down 116-page funding bill,
The nonpartisan agency’s analysis examines three possible scenarios under Trump’s proposed tariffs. Proposed tariff hikes by President-elect Donald Trump could significantly reduce the federal deficit over the next decade and would do so at modest cost to inflation and economic output, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis, which is the highest-profile impact
‘The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge,’ Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump says “the smartest thing” Congress could do is abolish the debt ceiling, one day after opposing a deal to fund the federal government before a shutdown.
‘The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge,’ Trump said. President-elect Donald Trump said that “the smartest thing” that Congress could do is abolish the debt ceiling, one day after opposing a deal to fund the federal government before
President-elect Donald Trump came out in opposition to the short-term funding deal and issued new demands. WASHINGTON—With government funding set to expire at midnight (ET) on Dec. 20, Congress is scrambling to avert a shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump expressed opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) $100 billion funding extension, effectively dooming the bill’s
‘We conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA Willis and her office,’ the state’s Court of Appeals writes. A Georgia appeals court has disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her election-related criminal case against President-elect Donald Trump, although the indictment still stands. Trump and his codefendants were charged in 2023 by