by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker.House lawmakers voted 215-209 along party lines to set the chamber’s rules for the 119th Congress. Among them was a measure to raise the threshold...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Fox News recently learned Vice President-elect JD Vance went to George Washington Hospital Friday afternoon for a “planned” minor surgery. “The Vice President-elect is having long-planned, minor sinus surgery and will be back at work tomorrow,”...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
President-elect Donald Trump announced via Truth Social his former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus will serve as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace.In a post Friday afternoon, Trump announced Ortagus will work under Steven Witkoff, a...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Democratic lawmakers had mixed reactions to Republican Rep. Mike Johnson being re-elected as speaker of the House for the 119th Congress.Lawmakers gathered on Capitol Hill Friday to vote for a speaker before the new Congress commenced. Johnson won the speaker race...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan for denying his request to dismiss the charges against him in New York v. Trump, telling Fox News Digital Democrats “just want to see if they can get a pound of flesh because every case has...
by blundun | Jan 3, 2025 | Politics
Republicans in the House of Representatives cheered the re-election of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., during the first round of votes on Friday, after successfully avoiding the lengthy speaker vote process that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., endured ahead of...