The initiative backed by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and publicly opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson has split House Republicans and brought floor proceedings to a halt this week.
"It’s not always the best idea to take somebody fresh out of jail and put them in charge of your trade policy"
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire has been known for making inroads in both political parties throughout his career.
Few Republicans are eager to defend the president's tariffs, putting the party on the back foot for the first time in Trump’s new term.
Republicans who are evidently not too comfortable with President Donald Trump’s decision to enact large new global tariffs have tried plenty of hints to push him in a different direction. And one of Trump’s most vocal tariff critics on the GOP side, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, tried a relatively novel one on Wednesday.
Reflecting voter angst over President Donald Trump, Democrats scored major election victories in suburbs critical for rebuilding the state GOP.
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Speaker Mike Johnson showed no signs of backing away from a fight with fellow Republicans that has frozen legislative business.
Texas, joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the Texas man arrested for alleged threats to I.C.E. and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Trump is wrecking the economy because of the same reason he's pardoning violent criminals, making "oopsies" deporting people to a foreign hellscape megaprison, sending gov't investigators to censor Bad Speech he that he doesn't like, and issuing EO's to shakedown law firms. He's…