by blundun | Jan 4, 2025 | Politics
While the high-stakes fight to lead the House of Representatives is over, Speaker Mike Johnson’s politically perilous year is just beginning.Winning the speaker’s gavel was no easy feat considering Johnson, R-La., had no Democratic support and could only lose one...
by blundun | Jan 4, 2025 | Politics
The House and Senate will meet on Monday in a Joint Session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 presidential vote.The Capitol riot and contretemps over certification of the 2020 presidential election converted the quadrennial, often sleepy affair of...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for their heroism during the Korean and Vietnam Wars at the White House on Friday.Private Bruno Orig, Private First Class Wataru Nakamura, Corporal Fred...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
President-elect Trump successfully rallied House Republicans on Friday to re-elect House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. — overcoming deep intraparty divisions and quieting concerns over Trump’s ability to unify the party following the spectacular collapse of a government...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Democratic House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., claimed that there are “no election deniers” in the Democratic Party, despite previously claiming on social media that the 2016 presidential election was “illegitimate.”After...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon. Republicans eager to swear in President-elect Trump later this month and capitalize on their control of the House, Senate and White House avoided the same fate of...
