ISTANBUL (AA) – President Joe Biden has signed a government funding bill into law, averting a potential government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. The legislation will fund federal operations through March 14 and allocates $100 billion in di...
The US Senate has approved a massive $895 billion defense spending package. The legislation cleared the U.S. House on Wednesday. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Some Democrats in both chambers voted in opposition due to a last-minute amendment by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. The 2025 defense [&...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are urging Republicans in Congress to vote against a bipartisan measure that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of the week, media outlets reported Wednesday. The continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through March 14 was agreed to late Tuesday by...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – US lawmakers on Tuesday night reached a last-minute bipartisan deal to avoid a government shutdown, according to media reports. Current funding for major federal offices is set to expire at midnight on Friday, but Republicans and Democrats in Congress worked together to agree on a bill that would allow major...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday urged the Ethics Committee not to release its investigation into former Congressman Matt Gaetz. “I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,” Johnson said, according to the medi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Republicans are ready to deliver President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, US House Speaker Mike Johnson said. “This leadership will hit the ground running to deliver President Trump’s agenda,” Johnson told reporters alongside the House of Representatives Republican leadership team. The Republic...
On MSNBC Friday night, New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unexpectedly thanked Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. She expressed appreciation for his admission that the GOP would try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act if the party won control of Congress and the White House. The Act has created more than 115,000 ...
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has criticized Democrats, claiming their rhetoric has incited dangerous actions. In an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Johnson argued that top Democrats, including presidential nominee Kamala Harris, have labeled Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a threat to democracy. Johns...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The speaker of the US House of Representatives on Sunday criticized federal disaster management efforts following Hurricane Helene, calling them a “massive failure” by the administration of President Joe Biden. Mike Johnson told Fox News that hundreds remained missing after the storm ravaged several southeastern states la...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has announced that the Senate will intervene to prevent a government shutdown set for October 1. This follows a failed funding plan from House Speaker Mike Johnson, which lacked bipartisan support. Schumer criticized House Republicans for their inaction, stating, “They don’t seem to have any pla...
