Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547-page funding measure. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have come out in opposition to a massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that wraps in a series of other legislation, marking a rare public break between
Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547-page funding measure. WASHINGTON—Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Wednesday night the massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was scrapped after President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance came out in opposition to the bill. “There
Florida is continuing to fight the federal government’s efforts to halt the state’s own independent investigation into what happened in West Palm Beach. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody obtained an arrest warrant for Ryan Routh, the alleged would-be assassin of then-former President Donald Trump, now the present-elect, charging him with the attempted felony murder of
A growing GOP coalition supports a two-track reconciliation process to secure border funding and extend Trump-era tax cuts. A growing coalition of House and Senate Republicans has united around a two-step legislative strategy aimed at advancing President-elect Donald Trump’s border security and tax policy agenda in the new Congress. In a letter to incoming Senate
A growing GOP coalition supports a two-track reconciliation process to secure border funding and extend Trump-era tax cuts. A growing coalition of House and Senate Republicans has united around a two-step legislative strategy aimed at advancing President-elect Donald Trump’s border security and tax policy agenda in the new Congress. In a letter to incoming Senate
The Department of Energy’s rush to fund new green energy projects before the end of President Joe Biden’s presidency has met renewed criticism from the Department of Energy inspector general. In a Dec. 17 interim finding, Inspector General Teri Donaldson warned that $385 billion in new money made available by the Inflation Reduction Act and
The Senate is slated to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act this week. The Senate this week will attempt to pass legislation designed to provide full Social Security benefits to millions of American retirees. Senators are due to schedule a test vote on the bill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has