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President-elect Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to a deal that would fund the government now but raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut $2.5 trillion in spending, which looks like cuts to healthcare. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News posted: IN THE GOP MEETING — GOP leadership has a slide up that

Trump got House Republicans to not use reconciliation to cut Social Security. The problem is that reconciliation can’t legally be used to cut Social Security. The supposed big get for Trump was a promise from House Republicans that they wouldn’t use reconciliation to cut Social Security in exchange for

X boss Elon Musk is throwing a tantrum on his social media platform as House Republicans are moving forward with a bill to fund the government that he opposes. Musk posted in part: Please call your elected representatives right away to tell them how you feel! They are trying

Donald Trump demanded that the debt limit be raised as part of the government funding bill, but 38 House Republicans ignored his request and voted down the bill. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News posted: TRUMP-BACKED CR FAILS THE HOUSE …. 174-235-1 A stunning 38 Republicans ignored Trump

The first little bit of pressure involving passing a bill to keep the government open has broken House Republicans and may cost Speaker Mike Johnson his job. Elon Musk is on a crusade to stop the House from funding the government as he wants

Donald Trump and JD Vance are blaming President Biden for the havoc caused by Elon Musk over the government spending bill. JD Vance posted this statement attributed to Trump and Vance: The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was

Last updated on December 16th, 2024 at 05:30 pm Senator-Elect and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had some strong words for Trump’s plan to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on 1/6. Transcript via ABC’s This Week:STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the question about the January 6 pardons? SCHIFF: Well, greatly concerned about it. First of all, that

Senate Republicans cut a deal with Democrats to appoint a slate of Biden judges in exchange for four federal judge seats, but three of the four judges have reversed their retirement plans. It was a deal that drew groans from Democrats as soon as it was announced. In order

Trump is now threatening to sue The Des Moines Register and the former pollster for their inaccurate Iowa poll. The newspaper should dare Trump to sue and laugh at his threat. Video: Trump says he plans to sue Ann Selzer and the newspaper in Iowa that published her poll showing Trump losing just days before

Meet The Press’s Kristen Welker asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about Biden pardoning his son, and Sanders responded by taking Welker to school. Transcript via Meet The Press: KRISTEN WELKER: Senator, was it the right decision for the country to pardon Hunter Biden ? SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: Well, I think two

Industry groups have written a 21-page letter to Trump asking him to roll back Biden’s environmental regulations so that they can pollute the air and water. The Los Angeles Times reported: In a 21-page letter addressed to Trump and his presumptive Cabinet, the groups requested changes to dozens of “burdensome regulations that are stifling investment,

After suffering a fall and fracturing her hip, former speaker and current Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had a successful hip replacement. Pelosi, issued this statement from spokesperson Ian Krager Earlier this morning, Speaker Emerita Pelosi underwent a successful hip replacement and is well on the mend. Speaker Pelosi is

Trump announced that he is making former Rep. Devin Nunes the chairman of a private board that will advise him on the intelligence community. Trump posted on Truth Social:I am pleased to announce that I will appoint Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said while talking about Trump’s nominees that everything can’t be a freakout, or people will tune out, which is what many Democrats have already done. Fetterman told CNN’s Manu Raju: If you really, really want to freak out, that’s your prerogative, but you’re going to have plenty of time to do

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) announced that she will be running to be the next Democrat to treat James Comer like a human pinata on the House Oversight Committee. Here is Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s letter to her colleagues announcing her run: NEW: Rep. @AOC announces she’ll seek top Democratic post on