House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer struck a deal on top-line funding levels for the rest of fiscal 2024 as the threat of a partial government shutdown loomed.  In making the agreement, Johnson will incur the wrath of his right flank and may have put his Speakership in jeopardy. The first […]

Republican Presidential candidates, sans former President Trump, took to the debate stage for the last time this year. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy resigns from Congress. The American economy defied expectations in 2023 and did not slip into a recession. Another government funding fight will greet lawmakers when they return from the holiday recess with the […]

There is a new Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana. The United States Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown – delaying the funding fight until early next year. President Joe Biden hosted leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for a forum in San Francisco and met with Chinese […]

For the first time in American history, a Speaker of the House of Representatives, the highest office in the US House, has been removed following a vote of his peers. Washington narrowly avoided a federal Government shutdown, for now, but a brutal spending fight is coming up when the current Government funding runs out in […]