Biden signs government funding bill, averting a shutdown
The stopgap measure will fund the government and provide tens of billions in disaster relief.
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The stopgap measure will fund the government and provide tens of billions in disaster relief.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a revolt from fellow Republicans over a last-minute measure to keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S.
The TikTok ban is set to go into effect next month barring a last-minute sale or Supreme Court action.
Trump had warm words about TikTok and its near-term future earlier Monday, as the app faces a U.S. ban that's set to go into effect next month unless its Chinese-owned parent company cuts ties with it.
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have asked the Supreme Court to temporarily pause a law that would ban the app in the U.S.
Trump's lawsuit alleges anchor George Stephanopoulos made defamatory comments when discussing the E. Jean Carroll case.
TikTok is now expected to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in.
President-elect Donald Trump said Republicans will try to end the decades-long ritual of changing the clocks twice a year.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced these picks for top White House staff positions, ambassadors and department heads to fill his incoming administration.
The secretary of state's testimony comes months after Republicans issued a scathing report on the Biden administration's handling of the exit from Afghanistan.
"The Task Force found that the tragic and shocking events in Butler, Pennsylvania were preventable and should not have happened," a House task force found.
Some Senate Republicans said the allegations against Hegseth should be taken seriously only if the anonymous sources come forward.
The U.S. said it is trying to identify Tice's whereabouts after the toppling of the Assad regime.
"We have from a significant source that has already been vetted all over our government, Austin Tice is alive, Austin Tice is treated well," his mother said.