Johnson wins Trump’s endorsement to continue as U.S. House speaker As U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson vies to keep his gavel, President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave the Louisiana Republican a major boost with his “Complete & Total Endorsement.” Trump’s coveted ... 12/30/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
Comer tries pressure campaign on Trump to avoid speaker fight next year Donald Trump hasn't put his finger on the scale to help Mike Johnson secure the gavel next month, and House Republicans are starting to panic. 12/30/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
Johnson faces tough fight ahead in speaker’s race even after Trump endorsement House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a tough fight to retain the gavel even after an endorsement from Donald Trump, a test of the president-elect’s influence over his party amid the limits of an ... 12/30/2024 - 5:25 am | View Link
Kogi Assembly holds valedictory session in honour of late ex-Deputy Speaker Enema Paul Members of the Kogi State House of Assembly on Monday held a valedictory session in honor of the late former Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Enema ... 12/29/2024 - 10:45 pm | View Link
Rand Paul Says Mike Johnson Will be 'Gone' in Annual 'Festivus' Report Kentucky senator's long-running Seinfeld-inspired list of grievances also listed President Biden and excess government spending. 12/23/2024 - 9:58 am | View Link
Alex Jones guest host Chase Geiser claimed the latest terror attacks allegedly done by two former US military men were caused by the CIA's long defunct MKUltra program.
MK-ULTRA was a dark period in the history of the CIA, when they conducted secret experiments on Americans using LSD and other drugs to perfect mind control to be used as a weapon against our enemies in the 1950s and 60s.
In Geiser's short insane rant, he claimed the government used MK-ULTRA on the two former US military personnel to commit terrorists attacks on New Orleans and Las Vegas -- and that's not all, folks.
Axios’ morning email thingie alerts us that about half of the states are increasing minimum wage: The 21 states are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Oregon and Florida will raise their minimum wage later in 2025.
Millions of workers are getting a raise on Wednesday, when the minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states, and 48 cities and counties, Axios’ Emily Peck writes.
Why it matters: The increases lift the pay of more than 9.2 million people, per the Economic Policy Institute’s tally.
“President Biden is likely to announce a decision as soon as Friday on whether he will approve Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion acquisition of U. S. Steel,” CBS News reports.
Today it was announced that Pres. Biden will award the former Vice Chairwoman of a Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection Liz Cheney, with the Presidential Citizens Medal, which is one of the nations highest civilian honors.
The recipients the president selected to be honored in his last medal ceremony have “performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens,” the White House said in a statement on Thursday.
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The selection of Ms.