Johnson’s plan to avoid government shutdown goes down in flames as Republicans rebel

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a partial government shutdown failed on Wednesday.  It was voted down 202 to 220, with two Republicans – Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky. – voting “present.” At least nine Republicans voted against House GOP leadership’s bill, a six-month extension of the current year’s federal […]

Cops Gift Trump Cuffs in Arrest of Assassination Suspect

Martin County, Florida, sheriff’s deputies met with former President Donald Trump on Tuesday and signed and gave him the handcuffs used in the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused in Sunday’s assassination attempt against Trump.[#item_full_content]

158 Dems vote against bill to deport illegal immigrants who commit sex crimes

More than 150 House Democrats voted against a bill that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of a sexual offense or conspiracy to commit such a crime. The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act passed the House of Representatives along bipartisan lines on Wednesday. All present Republicans voted for the bill, as did 51 Democratic […]