The former PM has been evasive about his links to a hedge fund that set up the meeting, Acoba rules.
Speaker Mike Johnson announced he will not change the procedure for removing him from the speakership, after hardliners reacted with fury to a proposed change to House rules. “Since the beginning of the 118th Congress, the House rule allowing a Motion to Vacate from a single member has harmed this office and our House majority,” Johnson wrote on X. “Recently, many members have encouraged me to endorse a new rule to raise this threshold. While I understand the importance of that idea, any rule...
Johnson is reported to have met President Maduro alongside Merlyn Advisors co-founder Maarten Petermann in February.
Yuval RosenbergApril 18, 2024House Republicans continued to snipe at each other Thursday as party leadership continued to propel a $95 billion
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) declined to move forward with a rule change that would make it more difficult for him to be ousted by his fellow Republicans, turning down requests from some lawmakers to increase the threshold and avoid another contentious speaker’s race. Reports surfaced early Thursday that Johnson was considering a change to […]
The day after Iran attacked Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson was on the phone with a man who suddenly held the keys to his legislative agenda and potentially his own future: House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. In a phone call that has not been previously reported, Johnson said he was ready to act on foreign aid, even though that would enrage Republicans who did not support additional assistance to Ukraine and could potentially cost him his job, a source familiar with the conversation told...
Speaker Mike Johnson said he will "take personal risk" by pushing ahead with his plans for a House vote on foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as fellow Republican representatives continue to call for him to vacate the chair.The House of Representatives is expected to vote on sending additional aid to Ukraine and Israel on Saturday as part of the $95 billion military funding. The package is divided into four bills, the third issuing funding for Taiwan. The fourth includes sanctions on...
Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday over recent government funding bills.Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, first ascended to the speakership in October following a chaotic time in the House of Representatives after former speaker Representative Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted from the role. Since then, Johnson has had to oversee the GOP's bitterly divided House caucus, which with its razor-thin majority margin can hardly afford to lose...
Toward the end of the first night of her three sold-out shows in San Francisco, the Icelandic and Chinese jazz sensation Laufey teased the crowd with a surprise. The ensuing eruption of high-pitched cheers from her adoring fanbase (median age: early 20s, with ribbon-tied hair) sent a sonic shockwave through the Masonic Auditorium. Laufey fans are the closest I’ve come to hearing the storied screams for the Beatles at Candlestick Park. It’s also the only time that my regret over forgoing...
By David Churchill, Chief Political Correspondent Published: 6:00 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 | Updated: 6:01 p.m. EDT, April 11, 2024 Boris Johnson yesterday joined growing calls for an increase in defense spending.The former prime minister called on Rishi Sunak's government to take a "more robust stance" and increase military investment in the face of increasing global threats.He also called on the West to...
The former prime minister urged Rishi Sunak's Government to strike a 'more robust posture' by boosting military investment in the face of rising global threats.
The proposed law aims to phase out tobacco sales by stopping anyone born after 2009 buying cigarettes.