Tag: Mike Johnson
House voting on funding patch as parties trade blame for potential shutdown
WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic lawmakers show no signs of budging as the House takes up a bill Friday to avert a partial government...
House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk
The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, but the effort showed...
Shutdown talk heats up as Democrats insist on stopping health care cuts
WASHINGTON – A deadline looming, Congress charged Monday toward a federal government shutdown as Republicans brush back Democratic demands to save health care funding...
Blame game after acts of political violence can lead to further attacks, experts warn
DENVER – From the moment conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin’s bullet, partisans began fighting over which side was...
Republicans are eager for President Trump to expand his use of the military on US soil
WASHINGTON – National Guard troops patrolling the streets of U.S. cities. Weapons of war deployed against international gangs suspected of drug trafficking. Military bases...
Trump blocks $4.9B in foreign aid Congress OK’d, using maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has told House Speaker Mike Johnson that he won't be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, effectively...
Justice Department won’t defend grants for Hispanic-serving colleges, calling them unconstitutional
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration said Friday it will not defend a decades-old grant program for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students that...
August recess can’t hide tensions ahead for Congress on spending and Trump nominations
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers have left Washington for the annual August recess, but a few weeks of relative quiet on the U.S. Capitol grounds can't...
Rep. Nancy Mace kicks off South Carolina GOP gubernatorial bid. She says she’s ‘Trump in high heels’
WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is running for governor, entering a GOP primary in which competition for President Donald Trump's...
Medicaid was signed into law 60 years ago. Trump’s big bill is chiseling it back
WASHINGTON – On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety...
