Speaker Mike Johnson is not planning to allow Democrats’ newest congresswoman-elect to be sworn-in until her party agrees to end the government shutdown, despite telling CNN earlier Tuesday that he would swear her in “as soon as she wants.” “We will swear in Rep.-Elect [Adelita] Grijalva as soon as the House returns to session when…
BEIJING — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake injured at least 11 people, destroying houses and forcing thousands to relocate Saturday in northwest China’s Gansu province, state media said. The 11 people reported injured were taken to hospitals, state broadcaster CCTV said. Five of six people brought to one hospital were admitted for further treatment, the official Xinhua News…
Shouting broke out on the House floor after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a moment of prayer for conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon. After the moment of silence, Johnson recognized Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). “I believe that silent prayers get silent results,” Boebert said. “Is there someone who could…
The signature of an American president is one of the planet’s most powerful symbols. It can set your tax bill, your immigration status and who does or does not get aid from the world’s largest economy. Now, though, Donald Trump’s distinctive signature is being scrutinized for a decidedly unpresidential reason. Two documents in Jeffrey Epstein…
Republican opposition to the GOP’s “big, beautiful” reconciliation bill appeared to be softening Wednesday night after President Donald Trump and White House budget director Russ Vought spent hours meeting with party holdouts during procedural votes that party leaders held open. House leaders have no desire to change the contents of the Senate-passed bill, which would…
US stock futures held steady as President Trump’s sweeping spending bill headed to the House after narrowly passing the Senate. Futures attached to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) flatlined. Futures attached to the benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) ticked up 0.1%. On Tuesday, stocks were mixed as Trump’s “One…
Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed and passed its version of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and it’s a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been supersized into a $4-trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn’t tax reform. It’s a bipartisan piñata stuffed with pork, gimmicks and…
The government is expected to push ahead with a contentious plan to limit the amount of money that savers can put into cash Isas each year as part of efforts to revive Britain’s troubled stock market, Ben Martin writes. There has been speculation for months that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will reform the rules governing…
LONDON — British police on Monday were investigating an overnight fire at the London house where Prime Minister Keir Starmer lived before he was elected to lead the country. Since taking office in July, Starmer has lived in the prime minister’s official Downing Street residence, renting out the family home in the Kentish Town neighborhood. London Fire…