Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Majority Leader John Thune and seven other GOP senators sent a letter to Trump — conspicuously sending a copy to Johnson — insisting that they won’t support a final bill that only extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts temporarily. That group alone would be enough to prevent any party-line bill from passing.
DOGE DAYS: Elon Musk’s midnight deadline for federal workers to justify their employment by emailing the Office of Personnel Management their five main accomplishments from the past week has passed. What’s still very much here is the sense of chaos and unrest triggered by the whole episode.
While it's possible Indiana taxpayers could get $5,000 DOGE dividend stimulus checks, Hoosiers might want to hold off on any spending sprees just yet.
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Pool) In this image made from video, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to attend an educational forum in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai) President-elect Donald Trump, right ...