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Trump says he supports abolishing the debt ceiling
President-elect Donald Trump said he supports abolishing the debt ceiling, which the federal government is on track to reach in January. During an interview with NBC News, Trump said getting rid of the federal government’s borrowing limit would be the smartest thing Congress could do. “The Democrats have said they want to get rid of… -
Gingrich: GOP shouldn’t fear gov’t shutdown, next election is 2 years away
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that Republicans should not fear a government shutdown as the deadline to pass a funding bill quickly approaches. In a post on X, Gingrich said the next election is two years away and that Republicans won a majority despite two shutdowns in 1995. The 1,500 page continuing resolution which… -
Foreigners legally influence US elections, Congress wants to close loopholes
Foreign adversaries are using loopholes in U.S. law to influence U.S. elections. Now Congress wants to close those loopholes because some foreign influence campaigns are legal. Congress also wants to strengthen existing laws that are, frankly, easy to break. “Federal law is inadequate when defining what foreign nationals can and cannot do,” Caitlin Sutherland, the… -
Congress members say Musk should be next House speaker, and it’s allowed
Could Elon Musk be the next speaker of the House of Representatives? Multiple lawmakers on Capitol Hill say he should be and the rules would allow it. The idea was first pitched Thursday morning, Dec. 19, on X by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. “The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress,”… -
In a reversal, House panel votes to release report on Matt Gaetz
The public may soon find out what’s in the House Ethics Committee report about former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. In a rare reversal, the committee secretly voted earlier this month to publicly release it. This comes after the committee voted in November to keep it under wraps. The report outlines the findings of an investigation… -
Government funding bill gives Congress a raise, sets new rules on ticket sales
Congressional leadership released a 1,500-page spending bill to keep the government open through March 14. The legislation was supposed to be a simple continuation of funding while lawmakers negotiate a package that will cover all of 2025. The drawn-out negotiation process led to everyone wanting a piece of the pie. The bill now includes dozens… -
Republicans skeptical of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s past statements on vaccines could come back to hurt him. Republican senators say his previous statements are hurting his chances of being confirmed as the next Department of Health and Human Services secretary. According to reporting in The New York Times, Kennedy has said polio vaccines might have caused a wave… -
Congress wants to bury time capsule to be opened in 2276
Congress wants to create a time capsule that won’t be opened until July 4, 2276, when the United States of America turns 500. The capsule will be buried on the Capitol’s west lawn in 2026, when America celebrates its semiquincentennial. “One of my favorite lines in the musical ‘Hamilton’ — ‘Legacy? What is legacy? It’s… -
Congress has a big to-do list before it leaves for holidays
Government funding runs out Friday, Dec. 20, at midnight and there’s still no bill on the table for lawmakers to consider. Congress is going to have to pass a continuing resolution into 2025 to prevent a government shutdown. However, once lawmakers leave at the end of the week, they’re not scheduled to return to Washington… -
Apple, Google told to be prepared for TikTok ban on Jan 19
Congress is ordering Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores by Jan. 19. In a letter to the tech giants, lawmakers said they must comply with a soon-to-be-enacted law requiring parent company ByteDance to divest the video app or essentially be banned in the United States. That law was signed by President Joe… -
Meet the man who wrote the law used to prosecute Diddy and Epstein
If Sean “Diddy” Combs is convicted of sex trafficking by force, he will go to prison for a minimum of 15 years and he could receive a life sentence. The criminal code regarding trafficking in the United States is comprehensive and carries significant punishments thanks to an almost entire rewrite of the statutes that became… -
Biden commutes sentence of judge who sent children to jail for kickbacks
A former judge who received millions in kickbacks for sending children to for-profit detention centers had his sentence commuted by President Joe Biden. Michael Conahan was one of two former judges convicted in the “kids-for-cash” scandal that took place from 2003 to 2008 and impacted 2,500 kids. Conahan pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy charges in… -
Senator calls for New Jersey drones to be shot down
As mysterious drones continue flying over New Jersey, frustrated members of Congress are calling for the federal government to take them down. The calls come just days after a New Jersey representative asked the Pentagon to get involved. “They should be shot down if necessary,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said. “We should be doing some…
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