MAGA U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison is blasting Mike Johnson over the speaker's bipartisan legislation to keep the government running past the Friday midnight deadline and through the middle of March — calling it a "total dumpster fire" and "garbage." Asked about the continuing resolution, which includes $100 billion in disaster relief for areas hit hard by hurricanes Helene and Milton, …
Politico reporter Jonathan Martin on Sunday dispelled a claim — perpetuated by House Republicans — that President-elect Donald Trump "dragged" the Senate "into the majority," as GOP infighting takes center stage leading up to Trump’s second term. CNN on Sunday reported a rift between Senate and House Republicans over the “sequencing” of Trump’s agenda. Rep. Eric Burlison on Thursday tweeted …
CNN — The first US commercial flight to Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in months made a bleak roundtrip on Thursday morning, returning with the bodies of a young American couple who were killed by a gang last week. The remains of Davy and Natalie Lloyd were accompanied in an American Airlines jet by US Ambassador to Haiti Dennis Hankins and US …
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, where he was forced to educate Republicans on a wide variety of topics, from climate change to not needing passports to fly domestically, to subsidies for oil and gas companies. In one heated back-and-forth, U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, who has been fighting a subpoena …
Editor's note: Following this 60 Minutes report from November, "Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act," on February 16, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice sued to stop the state's gun law. Missouri State Representative Jered Taylor and State Senator Eric Burlison Missouri State Senator Eric Burlison and State Representative Jered Taylor co- Missouri State Representative Jered Taylor: I think there's bad …