Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) holds a press conference about the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol, on Oct. 6, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Oct. 8 struck down the possibility of his chamber voting on a standalone measure to keep paying the military during the
The interior secretary says the Trump administration trade talks are exposing China’s vulnerability as ’the most energy-dependent country in the world.’ Add to My List Save Then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks to reporters following the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty
With just weeks to go, the New Jersey governor’s race is tightening and garnering national attention as an early test of voter sentiment about President Trump’s second term and the ability of Democrats to counter Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections. New Jersey’s Latino electorate is emerging as a potentially decisive voting bloc in
Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Democrats, spoke with reporters at length outside of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office. They were calling for Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23 to fill the seat of her late father, to be sworn in while the House is out of session. Democrats have
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) holds a press conference about the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 6, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Oct. 8 that he expects that federal workers will receive back pay when the government reopens. “It’s my
A closed sign outside the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Capitol Hill on the seventh day of the federal government shutdown, in Washington on Oct. 7, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The Senate on Oct. 8 again failed to advance bills that would restore funding to the government and end the shutdown that has
The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Hawthorne, Calif., on March 1, 2020. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Two men have been charged by a federal grand jury with making threats against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer and his wife on social media, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has revealed. Frank Andrew