Vice President Vance's pitch to House Republicans on Wednesday did little to ease concerns over Speaker Mike Johnson's $95 billion reconciliation package , leaving GOP leaders with work to do ahead of a planned floor vote next week. Why it matters: Johnson's conference members remain uneasy about the lack of spending offsets, and disagreements persist over the details of their signature election bill . - Republicans hold a razor-thin majority, so a handful of defections could sink the measure. "It's DOA," Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) told Axios. - "Five-dollar footlongs are $12. People know that a lot of this is the debt. The deficits cause big debt, and overall, this debases the money. This is part of what's driving the affordability…
What a week for the House of Sussex. Prince Harry’s highly publicized UK trip has ended in what can only be described as a catastrophic fallout — and the ripples are spreading fast. Today on "The Scoop," royal and entertainment correspondent Stefanie Jones joins @PaulaFroelich to break down the massive ramifications of Harry losing all 97 accounts in his court case against the Daily Mail. From Elton John allegedly shutting down his "ATM" after being hit with massive legal bills, to the shocking "Pilgate" allegations involving Charlotte Griffin, we dive into the truth behind the headlines. Plus: why did Meghan Markle skip all of her planned public outings, leaving Harry to face his worst public relations week alone? Follow Paula…
The dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Dena Karari, had her passport seized in December 2024 and had not been able to leave Iran as she faced espionage charges.
The warning comes the same day that over 100 House Democrats voted against sending more aid to Israel, though the amendment containing the proposal failed to pass because of wide Republican support.
Republican California Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta on Friday expressing “concern” over Bonta’s office reportedly preparing to sue to block the Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger. In a copy of the letter posted Saturday to X, Issa claimed that “for at least a decade, film and television production has fled the state once synonymous with the motion picture, television, and digital industries - repeatedly citing California’s anticompetitive business environment, burdensome regulatory rules, and excessive taxes, fees and costs.” “The result has been the loss of tens of thousands of California jobs and the wholesale relocation of studios,…Open
Rob Finnerty dives into another story about a Biden-era illegal alien who committed a gruesome crime - and gets treated with kid gloves by the media and by the law.
