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The Steering Committee nominated Guthrie Monday evening, and the House Republican Conference vote to give him the gavel is a formality.
Johnson says he’ll work with Trump administration to pass Kids Online Safety Act
Speaker Mike Johnson said he will work with the Trump administration to pass a kids’ online safety bill — presumably next Congress.
As chair, FTC commissioner touts he’d pull back on AI and fight trans care
Ferguson’s idea is to wield the FTC’s history of policing quack health claims in service of the conservative backlash to transgender health care, especially for minors.
TikTok now scrambles to kick ban to Trump
Any delay in the ban’s implementation that TikTok can secure puts the issue into the hands of Trump, who’s abandoned his former efforts to disrupt the app.
Ted Cruz tells tech to keep waiting on privacy
Cruz isn’t wrong that Democrats and Republicans aren’t united yet, but the Texas senator has been the center of GOP discontent with what’s been proposed.
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We interviewed Rep. Adrian Smith, a Nebraska Republican and senior Ways and Means Committee member who chairs the panel’s Trade Subcommittee.
After a CR meltdown, the 2025 to-do list is massive
The original spending deal's implosion leaves even more financial services and trade priorities hung out to dry and adds them onto the rest of the massive to-do list for Republicans next year.
Canvass accurately predicted GOP wins and leadership shifts
Canvass respondents were spot-on with their predictions on major leadership transitions among Hill Republicans.