“Yes they can control the weather,” she tweeted. “It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.” She’s been at this for a long time: In 2018, amid an earlier spate of California wildfires, and before she was a member of Congress, Greene shared a long-winded theory on her Facebook blaming what […]
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures at the Bitcoin 2024 event in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., July 27, 2024. Kevin Wurm | Reuters With the levers of power in Washington, D.C., about to change hands, a raft of pro-crypto legislation is expected from Congress and the Trump administration. To date, there’s been […]
Congress certified Donald Trump’s 2024 Electoral College victory in a quick, uneventful ceremony Monday—without a single objection from members of Congress or riots from supporters of the losing candidate. It was a far cry from the scene on Capitol Hill four years ago, when Trump sought to carry out his plan to block Joe Biden’s […]
Get the latest news on the transition to the new administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress.
In the past week, the U.S. saw a pair of New Year’s Day attacks in Nevada and Louisiana that took multiple lives and injured dozens, and the 119th Congress kicked off with a packed first day. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the highest post in the lower chamber in a lengthy first-round vote Friday afternoon.…
Congress will certify the 2024 presidential election results Monday, exactly four years after the attack on the Capitol. Plus, the split among Republicans over immigration reform.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson held onto his job on Friday, securing enough votes from his Republican colleagues to be reelected in one round. It’s an abbreviated journey for Johnson, compared to the fifteen rounds that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthyendured to become speaker. “What we’re proposing now is just simply, as President Trump likes […]
Djelics | E+ | Getty Images Retirees can expect to see some big changes in 2025 when it comes to their Social Security and Medicare benefits. President Joe Biden is expected to sign a bill that will increase Social Security benefits for certain pensioners. Additionally, the annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment goes into effect for […]
A new Congress is in place for the last two weeks of the Biden administration. Speaker Mike Johnson’s control of the House seems no stronger than it was in the previous Congress.
WASHINGTON — Friday was the first day of work for California’s nine new House members, and their first order of business involved typical congressional chaos, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) narrowly won reelection to his role after almost losing the first round of voting. The nine new representatives — all Democrats, including three who flipped Republican […]
