Congress Narrowly Averts Authorities Shutdown — And Rejects Trump’s Debt Ceiling Instructions
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Donald Trump is about to present his first “first rally-style speech” since his election victory in Phoenix on Sunday.
Earlier than the president-elect takes the stage, a gaggle of different distinguished Republicans will converse, together with actor Rob Schneider, embattled former Congressman Matt Gaetz and Senator Ted Cruz.
The occasion — AmericaFest 2024 — comes at some point after Trump threatened to retake the Panama Canal in a prolonged put up on Reality Social on Saturday evening.
Trump accused Panama of charging American vessels “exorbitant prices” to make use of the very important waterway that acts as a shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the U.S.,” Trump vented.
“If the principles, both moral and legal, of this magnanimous gesture of giving are not followed, then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to us, in full, and without question,” he stridently added, referring to a 1977 treaty.
Earlier his daughter-in-law Lara Trump introduced she was now not operating for the Senate.
“After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” she mentioned.
Justice Thomas didn’t disclose two further luxurious journeys, Congressional report reveals
Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t disclose two journeys — which hadn’t been publicly reported — paid for by a billionaire Republican donor, a brand new Congressional report reveals.
Within the wake of ProPublica’s explosive 2023 report into Thomas’ failures to reveal his ties to rich donor Harlan Crow, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee carried out a 20-month investigation into the ethics challenges on the Supreme Courtroom.
The report — spanning 97 pages plus 824 pages of supporting paperwork — was launched Saturday, detailing two further journeys paid for by Crow that Thomas hadn’t beforehand disclosed. Extra broadly, the report additionally captured an array of conflicts of curiosity and undisclosed presents by justices, prompting the panel to suggest the nation’s highest courtroom set up an enforceable code of conduct.
Kelly Rissman22 December 2024 16:30
Donald Trump is about to seem in Phoenix for his first rally-style speech since his election victory
Actor Rob Schneider, former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz will converse to the gang earlier than Donald Trump headlines AmericaFest 2024 on Sunday.
Schneider opened with a speech that included addressing Democrats as to why he believed “you lost” the presidential election.
Amongst wide-ranging feedback about Democrats’ insurance policies, the comic delivered one notably harsh line: “You lost because flying Haitians into Ohio in the middle of the night just to increase your voting base is kind of a shady thing to do. Now I have no problem with legal immigration. I’m just not sure Haiti is sending us their best cat-eating rapist cannibals.”
The road was met with combined reactions, prompting Schneider to apologize: “Sorry. That was too much even for me.”
The offensive declare comes months after Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance amplified unsubstantiated allegations that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio have been consuming pets. Native officers and police swiftly debunked these claims and Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine even wrote an op-ed within the New York Instances concerning the risks of spreading such dangerous rhetoric.
Kelly Rissman22 December 2024 16:12
Trump faucets a producer behind his hit TV present to function his particular envoy to the UK
Donald Trump has named the producer behind The Apprentice as his particular envoy to the UK.
The president-elect mentioned Mark Burnett would carry “a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition” to the function.
British producer Mr Burnett helped construct Mr Trump’s profile however distanced himself from the tycoon in the course of the 2016 presidential contest.
Saying the envoy function, Mr Trump mentioned: “It is my great honor to appoint Mark Burnett as the special envoy to the United Kingdom.
Kelly Rissman22 December 2024 16:00
ICYMI: Congress Narrowly Averts Government Shutdown — And Rejects Trump’s Debt Ceiling Commands
Congress Narrowly Averts Government Shutdown — And Rejects Trump’s Debt Ceiling Commands
Kelly Rissman22 December 2024 15:30
Some Republicans are calling on Elon Musk to be the next House Speaker
Republicans are calling for Elon Musk to be the new speaker of the House amid contentious negotiations over a spending deal to avoid a government shutdown.
“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . . Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk,” Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky wrote on X on Thursday. “Think about it . . . nothing’s impossible (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds).”
Consultant Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia additionally piped in on X: “DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning in Congress to enact real government efficiency. The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way.”
Josh Marcus has the total story.
Kelly Rissman22 December 2024 15:00
Trump threatens to retake Panama Canal in Reality Social put up
Trump accused Panama of “ripping off” American vessels by charging “exorbitant prices” to make use of the very important waterway that acts as a shortcut linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
With out it, ships can be pressured to sail a a lot farther distance round South America’s rocky Cape Horn.
Trump was referring to the 1977 treaty over the canal’s standing, which transferred management of the canal from the U.S. to Panama on the finish of the twentieth century.
Rhian Lubin22 December 2024 14:30
Staff Trump slaps again at claims Elon Musk is operating the present
President-elect Donald Trump’s group has snapped again at claims that Elon Musk is operating the present after the billionaire performed a major function in tanking a spending invoice that may have averted a authorities shutdown.
“Stop the steal of your tax dollars!” Musk wrote on his social media platform X that he threatened funded main challenges towards anybody who voted for the funds deal, a menace Trump later echoed in a put up of his personal.
The optics that Musk is pulling the strings have prompted Trump’s incoming White Home press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, to hit again about who is actually in cost.
Rhian Lubin22 December 2024 13:30
Elon Musk sees large spike on Polymarket to be the subsequent Home speaker
Wielding his affect on the social media platform he owns, X, Musk despatched out greater than 150 posts urging Republicans to interrupt from the invoice backed by the present Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson.
Rhian Lubin22 December 2024 12:30
Speaker Johnson ‘faces challengers’ in new yr
After the debacle in Congress this week, all eyes at the moment are on Mike Johnson forward of a vote in two weeks as as to if he ought to keep on as Speaker.
Earlier this week we reported he might be challenged for the speaker’s chair within the new yr as Republican critics draw up a listing of potential replacements.
Rhian Lubin22 December 2024 11:30
ICYMI: Lara Trump abandons Senate bid
Lara Trump dropped out of the operating for the Senate on Saturday night, teasing a “big announcement” to return in January.
“After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” Trump shared in a put up on X.
“I do have a big announcement that I’m excited to share in January, so, stay tuned,” she added.
Rhian Lubin22 December 2024 10:30
