On May 4, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association made girls flag football the 35th sanctioned varsity sport in the state. The vote took a few minutes. The work behind it took 15 years. Sanctioning girls flag football as a varsity sport makes opportunity official. Too — turning years of grassroots effort by parents, […]
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House Speaker Mike Johnson tells British Parliament he came to ‘calm the waters’
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed Britain’s Parliament on Tuesday, telling them that he had come to “calm the waters,” as tensions between Washington and its European allies have intensified in recent weeks over President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland. Johnson’s address — the first ever delivered by a sitting U.S. House speaker to […]
9 House Republicans defy Mike Johnson, join Dems to advance Obamacare extension vote
Nine House Republicans bucked their party leaders on Wednesday evening to advance a vote on a Democrat-led healthcare bill. The nine GOP lawmakers’ support was key to pushing ahead on a vote to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies that expired at the end of last year. A vote on the bill itself is now expected Thursday […]
Speaker Johnson ekes out healthcare bill victory after House GOP Obamacare rebellion
House Republicans passed a bill they say will lower healthcare costs for a broad swath of Americans by roughly 11%. It’s a victory for Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who has been managing deep divisions within the House GOP on the topic of healthcare as insurance premiums are set to spike across the country in a […]
Speaker Johnson says second Venezuela boat strike ‘entirely appropriate’ after seeing classified video
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said the military’s actions in the Caribbean on Sept. 2 were “entirely appropriate” after getting a classified video about the two strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. “The individuals on that vessel were not helpless castaways, they were drug runners on a capsized drug boat and by all indications attempting […]
Paulina Gretzky all smiles as she caddies for Dustin Johnson at Masters Par 3 Contest
Paulina Gretzky was all smiles on Wednesday as she hit the course to caddie for her husband, Dustin Johnson, as he participated in the Masters Par 3 Contest before the tournament began. Gretzky was seen holding hands with Johnson on the course and walking along the fairways with their young son. CLICK HERE FOR MORE […]
Jessica Simpson is ‘very single’ after Eric Johnson heartbreak
Jessica Simpson has tapped back into her music roots and is shedding some light on her “broken” heart from her split with Eric Johnson. Simpson performed at the Luck Reunion music festival in Spicewood, Texas, on Thursday, which was her first performance in 15 years. She announced that she is a “very single lady” after […]
Chicago alderman accuses Mayor Johnson of only listening to ‘hyper-White liberal progressives’ on immigration
Several Chicago aldermen responded to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s defiant posture towards the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The aldermen were asked if Johnson and city officials were listening to constituents’ voices on the issue. “Absolutely not,” Alderman Nick Sposato told Fox News Digital. “The mayor is a friend of mine. He’s way left. I’m way right. […]
Speaker Johnson reveals how Trump wants Congress to handle business during the first hundred days
Newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is determined to push President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda forward as he reveals how the president-elect wants Congress to handle the reconciliation debacle. “I think at the end of the day, President Trump is going to prefer, as he likes to say, one big, beautiful bill,” Johnson admitted to “Sunday […]
Boris Johnson: Everyone living, working in UK should speak English
The mayor of London says he agrees “passionately” with UKIP leader Nigel Farage that NHS staff must be able to speak proper English, and that the practice of translating information into other languages in the British capital must end. http://rt.com/uk/220351-immigration-uk-speak-english/