Trump backs plan B spending deal, urges swift passage President-elect Trump on Thursday backed a new spending deal brokered by House Republicans to avert a shutdown after a previous proposal was torpedoed amid opposition from Trump and several of his ... 12/19/2024 - 7:37 am | View Link
Bipartisan Government Funding Plan Collapses After Trump Intervenes Days Before Shutdown Trump’s sudden entrance into the debate and new demands days before a deadline to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown sent Congress spiraling. 12/18/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
Johnson considers plan B amid Trump World opposition to spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking at a plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline as Republicans inside and outside the Capitol, including President-elect Trump and ... 12/18/2024 - 7:08 am | View Link
President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administration can pursue a “political resolution” to the issue, the AP reports.
CNN: Trump’s request for a delay in implementing the ban puts him at odds with the Biden administration, which defended the law in its own brief Friday, warning of “grave” national security concerns about TikTok’s continued operation in the U.
“Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U. S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January, starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing President-elect Donald Trump in his first months in office,” Politico reports.
New York Times: “The debt limit was suspended in June 2023 after a contentious negotiation over federal spending, work requirements for receiving government benefits and funding for the Internal Revenue Service.
Kids, it is that time of year again: The Crookies Awards! We select "good guys" and "bad guys" to recognize for their contribution for the good or the bad.
My top choice for this years BAD guys are the media cowards of the year: The Washington Post and The LA Times.
In a blow to right-wing efforts to ban books and criminalize librarians, a federal judge on Monday struck down key provisions of an Arkansas law as unconstitutional—though the fight is far from over, with the Republican state attorney general planning to appeal.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed Act 372 in March 2023.