Washington — Senate Republicans said Wednesday that they intend to move forward with their own plan to approve key components of President Trump’s agenda beginning next week, as the House efforts to start the budget reconciliation process have stalled. “It’s time for the Senate to move,” Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters Wednesday, after briefing Senate…
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Washington — Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio was removed from his position atop the powerful House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, telling CBS News that House Speaker Mike Johnson fired him, citing “concerns from Mar-a-Lago.” Turner also confirmed Friday night that he had been removed from the committee entirely. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, denied that…
President-elect Donald Trump won’t have to walk beneath a plaque honoring Jan. 6 heroes when he takes the oath of office on the west front of the Capitol Monday. That’s because more than four years after the Capitol riot, a new dispute is emerging over a plaque to honor the heroes and victims of the…
Washington — Republicans have celebrated holding onto their narrow majority in the House, adding to their flip of the Senate and the White House for a trifecta in Washington next year. But President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a number of House Republicans to fill top posts in his administration is pulling from an already shallow…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a McDonald’s meal with US President-elect Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Robert F Kennedy Jr on Donald Trump Force One.Musk on Monday shared a photo on X where the Trump team was seen having American fast foods including Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, Big Macs, and quarter-pounders.On X, he shared his thoughts…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump. A House Republican victory in Arizona, alongside a win in slow-counting California earlier Wednesday, gave the GOP the 218 House victories that make up the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At rally after rally, he urges his supporters to deliver a victory “too big to rig,” telling them the only way he can lose…