House to vote on stopgap funding bill as lawmakers scramble to avoid government shutdown – US politics live
Speaker Mike Johnson to launch a floor vote designed to prevent any federal shutdown before the November midterms Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. House speaker Mike Johnson will launch a floor vote to pass the stopgap funding bill designed to keep the federal government fully funded through early December, removing the possibility of a shutdown before the midterm elections. The…
House Republicans will vote on a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown before the November midterms. Speaker Mike Johnson will introduce the measure to fund the federal government through early December. The bill aims to prevent any potential shutdown before voters head to the polls. The decision comes as the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Donald Trump has the right to continue building his $400 million White House ballroom project.
The court's decision was along political lines. Meanwhile, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is resigning after 18 months in the position, leaving another high-ranking military role unfilled. Driscoll and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have reportedly had conflicts in the past. In other news, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for escalating a trade dispute into a "political shouting match."
Carney rejected Trump's terms for US involvement in Canada's trade policy. Additionally, California Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to block the appointment of election denier Tina Peters, a convicted plotter of conspiracies surrounding the 2024 election. Newsom stated he would prevent Peters from serving as an election consultant in Northern California's Shasta County.
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