Comment on Grassley to Vote Against Financial Bill

Rep. Tim Burchett told Fox News that he likes Mike Johnson as a Christian man and finds him very appealing for not cheating on his wife. If anything, this is a humiliating stamp of approval for the Speaker. The idea that Mike Johnson doesn't cheat on his wife has become a valid issue to determine if he's qualified to be the Speaker by Republicans shine's a light on Trump's sexual proclivities as well as many of Trump's cabinet nominations who have faced criminal sexual behaviors including Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.

A watchdog group that has sounded the alarm about various picks for U. S. President-elect Donald Trump's next administration released a Monday report focused on the consulting and nonprofit work of incoming immigration official Tom Homan. Homan, who was acting director of U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during Trump's first term, is set to serve as "border czar," a post that does not require Senate confirmation. The new analysis by Accountable.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. When Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at the Capitol on Friday to swear-in the new class of Senators, many of the smiling politicians handing her their family Bibles will be the same ones who for months have been telling crowds that she was a threat to the American way of life.

“House Democrats are expecting full attendance at Friday’s speaker vote, as lawmakers who have faced recent health issues return to Washington for the start of the new Congress,” Politico reports. “Democrats are expected to universally oppose Republican Rep. Mike Johnson for speaker, meaning he can lose only one vote and still win the gavel.”

Joe Biden still pursuing dishonor before death.

Most people think of Chanukah as a festival of lights and oil, but there is more to it than that.