Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on the Senate floor Thursday evening he would support the GOP spending bill, caving to Senate Republicans’ pressure to keep the government open and avert a partial shutdown.
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Democratic Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva passed away Thursday morning “due to complications of his cancer treatments,” according to a statement released by the 77 year-old lawmakers’ office.
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The overwhelming majority of Americans support requiring immigrants to the country to adapt to American culture and learn English and back at least some measures to encourage that behavior, according to a recent survey.
Ninety-six percent of registered voters expressed the belief that it was important for immigrants to learn English, including 75% who said it was “very important,” according to a Napolitan News survey. Seventy-six percent, moreover, approved of President Donald Trump’s executive order establishing English as the official language, including 96% of Republicans and 52% of Democrats.
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President Donald Trump’s approach to economic growth relies on a multifaceted approach that includes reducing wasteful federal spending, placing tariffs on foreign goods, and perhaps most significantly, extending the sweeping slate of tax cuts he implemented in his first term for all Americans.
Those tax cuts, which Americans have been benefiting from for the past seven years, are set to expire unless Congress acts to extend them, and President Trump is working overtime to ensure they remain in place.
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The U.S. Agency for International Development is facing criticism after news broke that federal employees were reportedly told to burn or shred classified documents.
USAID has been the center of controversy since President Donald Trump took office, and billionaire Elon Musk directed the Department of Government Efficiency to expose a slew of spending items widely mocked and criticized, from transgender operas to propaganda overseas and more.
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