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Back to SearchDecember 23, 2024: Johnson caught between Trump and a hard place
A shutdown was avoided. But a new dividing line was drawn between President-elect Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson — one with wide-reachin…
1 year, 3 months ago
December 20, 2024: Who’s to blame if there’s a shutdown?
At this moment, we are mere hours away from a government shutdown. How did we get here? Well, just take a look at House Republicans: After Speaker Mi…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 19, 2024: Musk and Trump try to kill the CR
We’re one day closer to a government shutdown, and the best chance to avoid one just went kaput. When the sun rose yesterday morning, it looked like …
1 year, 4 months ago
December 18, 2024: Johnson's CR fight is only beginning
On Tuesday, we finally got the continuing resolution that Republicans on both sides of the Hill were quarreling over. But today, with the fine print …
1 year, 4 months ago
December 17, 2024: Waiting, and waiting, for a CR
Congress is about to head out for holiday break, but there’s one problem: there’s still no sign of a continuing resolution that would fund the govern…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 16, 2024: 2024’s last item on the to-do list
In just five days, lawmakers will leave D.C. for a two-week break, but a bill to fund the government is still pressing. With resistance mounting from…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 13, 2024: A temperature check on Trump’s nominees
After a dizzying week of meetings on Capitol Hill, Trump’s myriad nominees seem to be on firmer ground than they were. But is that because of what wa…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 12, 2024: Why some Dems are cozying up to Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and arguably President-elect Donald Trump’s most important supporter, finds himself being wooed by some unlikely p…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 11, 2024: Is Trump’s Cabinet pressure campaign working?
It may be too late for Matt Gaetz, but President-elect Donald Trump’s allies are engaged in a pressure campaign to ensure his Cabinet picks are confi…
1 year, 4 months ago
December 10, 2024: Bashar al-Assad is gone. What next?
It’s no secret that President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump have profoundly different approaches to foreign policy. With Trump taking of…
1 year, 4 months ago