PoliticusUSA is an alternative to corporate news. To get news that is 100% billionaire-free, please consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe now Donald Trump has been calling for the members of the 1/6 Committee to be prosecuted for investigating his role in the attack on the Capitol, but President Biden is reminding the American people of […]

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Democrats Won’t Save Mike Johnson The last time that Speaker Mike Johnson faced a threat to his speakership, the Democrats rescued him to spare the country from chaos, but if Johnson doesn’t have the votes from the Republicans to be elected speaker, the Democrats aren’t going to help. PoliticusUSA is a reader-supported publication. To receive […]

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Trump Abandons Mike Johnson To Complain About Jimmy Carter Being Honored Donald Trump should be humiliated after his chosen and loudly endorsed candidate for Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, crashed and burned on the first ballot, but Trump was, as usual, only thinking about himself when he took to Truth Social to post: The […]

If you are enjoying PoliticusUSA’s ad-free environment and new layout, we are now completely independent, but we rely on you for our support, so please consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe now Mike Johnson lost the first ballot to be speaker, but he kept the vote open, met with his opposition, and got them to change […]

Jimmy Carter was not only the longest living ex-president in history, but he lived so long that he outlived one of his New York Times obituary writers. This was the NYT byline on Carter’s obituary, “By Peter Baker and Roy Reed Peter Baker is the chief White House correspondent for The Times; Roy Reed, who […]

In 1976, after the Watergate scandal and the country’s withdrawal from the Vietnam War, American voters elected Jimmy Carter, a Washington outsider who had served one term as governor of Georgia, to the presidency. Mr. Carter brought a new humility to the Oval Office but, by 1980, many Americans had tired of his modest sensibility […]

Former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama honored Jimmy Carter in the most perfect way possible. The Obamas said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA: For decades, you could walk into Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia on some Sunday mornings and see hundreds of tourists from around the world crammed into the […]

President-elect Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson have agreed to a deal that would fund the government now but raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and cut $2.5 trillion in spending, which looks like cuts to healthcare. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News posted: IN THE GOP MEETING — GOP leadership has a slide up that […]

Trump got House Republicans to not use reconciliation to cut Social Security. The problem is that reconciliation can’t legally be used to cut Social Security. The supposed big get for Trump was a promise from House Republicans that they wouldn’t use reconciliation to cut Social Security in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. The problem […]

Donald Trump demanded that the debt limit be raised as part of the government funding bill, but 38 House Republicans ignored his request and voted down the bill. Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News posted: TRUMP-BACKED CR FAILS THE HOUSE …. 174-235-1 A stunning 38 Republicans ignored Trump and Speaker MIKE JOHNSON and voted no. The bill […]

Donald Trump and JD Vance are blaming President Biden for the havoc caused by Elon Musk over the government spending bill. JD Vance posted this statement attributed to Trump and Vance: The most foolish and inept thing ever done by Congressional Republicans was allowing our country to hit the debt ceiling in 2025. It was […]

The first little bit of pressure involving passing a bill to keep the government open has broken House Republicans and may cost Speaker Mike Johnson his job. Elon Musk is on a crusade to stop the House from funding the government as he wants no legislation to pass until Donald Trump takes office. Following Musk’s […]

X boss Elon Musk is throwing a tantrum on his social media platform as House Republicans are moving forward with a bill to fund the government that he opposes. Musk posted in part: Please call your elected representatives right away to tell them how you feel! They are trying to get this passed today while […]

Trump is now threatening to sue The Des Moines Register and the former pollster for their inaccurate Iowa poll. The newspaper should dare Trump to sue and laugh at his threat. Video: Trump says he plans to sue Ann Selzer and the newspaper in Iowa that published her poll showing Trump losing just days before […]

Senate Republicans cut a deal with Democrats to appoint a slate of Biden judges in exchange for four federal judge seats, but three of the four judges have reversed their retirement plans. It was a deal that drew groans from Democrats as soon as it was announced. In order to speed up the confirmation process […]

Meet The Press’s Kristen Welker asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about Biden pardoning his son, and Sanders responded by taking Welker to school. Transcript via Meet The Press: KRISTEN WELKER: Senator, was it the right decision for the country to pardon Hunter Biden ? SEN. BERNIE SANDERS: Well, I think two things. When you have his […]

Industry groups have written a 21-page letter to Trump asking him to roll back Biden’s environmental regulations so that they can pollute the air and water. The Los Angeles Times reported: In a 21-page letter addressed to Trump and his presumptive Cabinet, the groups requested changes to dozens of “burdensome regulations that are stifling investment, […]

Senator-Elect and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had some strong words for Trump’s plan to pardon those who attacked the Capitol on 1/6. Transcript via ABC’s This Week: STEPHANOPOULOS: How about the question about the January 6 pardons? SCHIFF: Well, greatly concerned about it. First of all, that he could pardon people that beat police officers, […]