House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon. Republicans eager to swear in President-elect Trump later this month and capitalize on their control of the House, Senate and White House avoided the same fate of the past two drawn-out speaker elections. After some wrangling by both Trump and Johnson, ultimately Rep. ...
The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted 215-209 along party lines to set the chamber’s rules for the 119th Congress. Among them was a measure to raise the threshold for calling a ‘motion to vacate the chair’ – which sets off a House-wide ...
: President-elect Donald Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan for denying his request to dismiss the charges against him in New York v. Trump, telling Fox News Digital Democrats ‘just want to see if they can get a pound of flesh because every case has failed.’ Merchan denied Trump’s request to toss his guilty verdict in New York v. Trump, brought ...
Has it been a while since the broader market indexes closed in the green? It certainly seems that way. After what looked like a weak start to the new year, the stock market showed us it still had legs. The week’s trading day ended with the broader stock market indexes all closing in the green. But in the first half ...
In this video, Mary Ellen analyzes the divergence between the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq while highlighting some of the areas driving Growth stocks. She also talks about the continuation rally in Energy and Utility stocks and shares which stocks are driving these areas higher. This video originally premiered January 3, 2025. You can watch it on our dedicated page for Mary ...
Michael Chapman Although the incoming Trump administration says it will cut taxes, reduce regulations, and slash wasteful government spending—all of which are good things—it also intends to enact an industrial policy to bolster US manufacturing, using interventionist tools such as tariffs, subsidies, Buy American rules, and similar commands—all of which are bad things and inherently anti-liberty. “On January 20th, as ...
U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett protested the nonvoting status of the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories Friday— sparking mixed reactions after she accused the U.S. in House floor remarks of having a ‘colonies problem.’ The exchange occurred after Plaskett, a Democrat, stood after the first roll call vote to note what she said was a parliamentary inquiry. ...
President-elect Trump appears to have helped Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., avoid a messy, drawn-out fight to lead the House of Representatives. Trump spoke by phone with both Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas, after they had initially voted for people other than Johnson for speaker, two knowledgeable sources told Fox News Digital. Self and Norman were seen disappearing ...
Colleen Hroncich When Daniela Hindman moved to Kansas City, one of the first things she did was look for a Waldorf school. Her timing was fortunate because a group of parents had recently started a Waldorf-inspired homeschool enrichment program. “I found City of Fountains back in 2012 when I was pregnant with my son. We had just moved here from ...
Walter Olson Following my 2024 and 2022 examples, I’ve compiled this catalog of my writings, televised panels, and podcasts since December 2023 on topics of election law and process. As before, I’ve included discussions of former President Trump’s legal entanglements when they bear closely on questions of election law, as with the Jan. 6 prosecutions, but not otherwise: “Trump’s Immunity ...