The conservative House Freedom Caucus suggests that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) propose a year-long stopgap funding measure if he cannot meet their demands in negotiations on government spending, just days ahead of a scheduled partial government shutdown. In a letter sent to Mr. Johnson on Feb. 21, the House Freedom Caucus—which represents roughly three dozen […]
A federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case approved a request from the special counsel’s office to require preparation of jury questions ahead of the May 2024 trial. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon issued a paperless order that former president’s lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith’s office to “meaningfully confer and file […]
A short-term continuing resolution (CR) aimed at averting a government shutdown while allowing Congress an additional month to come to an agreement on spending has been cleared for consideration by the House of Representatives. The House Rules Committee voted 9-3 along party lines to pass the rule for consideration of H.R. 5525, Continuing Appropriations and […]
The Texas Senate on May 29 adopted a resolution calling for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial to begin by August. The resolution, authored by state Sen. John Whitmire, a Democrat, passed unanimously. Under the resolution (pdf) a seven-member committee will be appointed to prepare and present rules of procedure for consideration to the Senate […]
President Joe Biden recently asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to increase the nation’s debt ceiling without any conditions, but McCarthy rejected his request. With the deadline less than 24 hours away, NTD spoke to Rachel Snyderman, a senior associate director of business and economic policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center, to find out what’s […]
Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially formed a new government and notified President Isaac Herzog. Netanyahu had until midnight Wednesday to form the government after winning elections in November, securing his sixth term as prime minister. “I got it,” Netanyahu wrote on Twitter 10 minutes before the deadline. “I was able to establish a government that will work […]
Elon Musk, the richest and arguably the busiest man in the business, is continuously staying in the news. He has tweeted recently that he will be remaining at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters around the clock until he fixes the company’s problems. He told staff they had until Nov. 17 to decide on working “long hours […]
The House Jan. 6 committee on Friday extended their deadline for former President Donald Trump to hand over documents the panel subpoenaed. “We have received correspondence from the former President and his counsel regarding the committee’s subpoena,” the panel said on Twitter, hours after their original deadline passed. “We have informed Trump’s counsel that he […]
One of the unions representing U.S. rail workers has voted to authorize a strike while two others ratified agreements as a deadline for negotiations nears. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members voted to reject a tentative agreement with railroads, the union said in a statement on Sept. 14. While the approximately 4,900 […]
Over nine out of 10 federal workers got a COVID-19 vaccine by the Nov. 22 deadline set by President Joe Biden, the White House said this week. Workers were ordered to get a COVID-19 vaccine or an exemption. Those who didn’t face termination. Some 92 percent of workers have gotten at least one COVID-19 vaccine […]
The Air Force could lose thousands of troops in the coming weeks as over 11,000 active-duty personnel remain without a COVID-19 vaccine, just days before the deadline to get one. Some 96.4 percent of active-duty airmen were partially or fully vaccinated as of Oct. 25, the branch said in its latest vaccination update. That means […]
With the COVID-19 vaccine mandate about to go into effect, New York City school staff unions have urged the City Hall to delay the deadline lest schools face a staffing crunch. The city wants all school staff vaccinated, with only a narrow exception for medical and religious exemptions. Yet as of Sept. 24, there are […]
Some 600 are still in Afghanistan on Aug. 30, one day ahead of the U.S. withdrawal deadline, according to U.S. military officials. Roughly 5,400 of the 122,000 people who the U.S. military has evacuated, or facilitated the evacuation of, in recent weeks, were Americans, Pentagon officials told reporters on Monday. Some 6,000 U.S. citizens were […]
