It usually takes 218 votes—a simple majority of the 435 members of the House—to become House Speaker, but due to two vacancies, only 217 votes are currently needed. For more than two weeks though, Republicans have failed to agree on a new leader, leaving the federal government paralyzed.
The United States government is headed for a shutdown in less than 10 days, due to the failure of Republicans in the House of Representatives to agree on a new federal budget amongst themselves, let alone with Senate Democrats and Republicans and the White House. A...
If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025—as polls suggest he has roughly a 50/50 chance of doing—slashing the tax rate for big corporations could be one of his top priorities, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. Trump and his economic...
On Wednesday night, six of the eight Republican candidates in the party’s first presidential primary debate committed to support former President Donald Trump if he wins the party’s nomination—even if he’s convicted in a court of law for the many crimes he’s been...
A top member of Donald Trump’s administration was prepared to use a pre-Civil War law to unleash the US military against American civilians if they protested Trump’s attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. That revelation was one of...
Former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, marking the third time Trump has been indicted this year. Trump faces four...
President Joe Biden this week announced new steps to improve mental health care in America, proposing a new rule that would require private health insurance companies to offer the same level of mental health benefits that they offer for physical health benefits. ...
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed new charges against former president Donald Trump in relation to his mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House, providing new evidence that Trump sought to have security camera footage at his...
The labor union representing 340,000 UPS workers announced it reached a tentative contract agreement with the shipping and logistics company on Tuesday, potentially averting a strike that could have begun as early as next week. The Teamsters announced the deal late...
It’s been two and a half years since Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited a deadly attack on the US Capitol, but the former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner appears to be on the verge of facing accountability for his...
