House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said he’ll ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. “I would love to have him come and address a joint session of Congress. We’ll certainly extend that invitation,” Mr. Johnson said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” This comes after Mr. Netanyahu spoke virtually with Senate Republicans during […]
In January, the University of California announced that it would begin allowing illegal aliens to apply for jobs on campus. There was some pushback against the plan (more on that in a moment), so they decided to hold off on implementing it. But other colleges and universities have been making noises along similar lines, so […]
Lawmakers were anxiously awaiting the details of the final spending package for fiscal 2024 to be revealed on Wednesday after the White House and Congress leaders hammered out an eleventh-hour deal. The package includes the troublesome Department of Homeland Security funding that delayed the deal, and lawmakers will now have little time to comb through […]
Every two years, between 45-60 members of Congress leave the House. Some leave to run for higher office. Most retired to move on to other things like lobbying or foundation work. But, this term, there has been triple the number of members who resign before their term is up. […]
If you’re around my age, you probably spent long hours playing Bungie’s Halo series and remember its iconic pseudo-Gregorian chant theme (Here it is to jog your memory or relive it): What if I told you the guy who wrote that theme is running for Congress — as […]
Congress once again passed a short-term funding patch to prevent a partial government shutdown, punting the ongoing spending fight for a few more days. The bill easily passed the House and Senate on Thursday, and is expected to be signed by President Biden ahead of the Friday midnight deadline to fund the government. Lawmakers are […]
President Biden will be at the border Thursday in Brownsville, Texas, where the White House says he will press Congress to revive the bipartisan border deal that fell to a Senate filibuster. The president will also use the trip to get an update on the border, where the illegal immigration numbers have ticked up after […]
Congressional leaders struck a deal Wednesday to again avoid another partial government shutdown and are expected to vote on another stopgap bill by the end of the week. The fourth short-term funding patch would continue House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-step approach by moving the funding deadlines back to March 8 and March 22. The deadlines […]
Congress is nearing a deal on another short-term funding patch to beat Friday’s shutdown deadline and give Congress more time to pass spending bills. The four bills due by Friday, which include funding for the VA, agriculture, transportation and energy and water, still need more work than can be finished by Friday, according to a […]
Multiple House committee chairmen demanded Tuesday that the Biden administration come clean over how Jose Antonio Ibarra came to the U.S., why authorities caught and released him, and why he was still free when a Georgia nursing student was killed. Mr. Ibarra has been charged with murder in the death of Laken Hope Riley. The […]
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