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House Republicans voted to pass a continuing resolution that will fund the government through September in a step toward avoiding a government shutdown.
The bill, passed by the House days before the shutdown deadline, will now go to the Senate. Representative Thomas Massie was the sole Republican to vote against the bill as he continues to feud with President Donald Trump while Representative Jared Golden was the sole Democrat to vote yes.
“Thomas Massie is a GRANDSTANDER, and the Great People of Kentucky are going to be watching a very interesting Primary in the not too distant future,” Trump wrote on Truth Social just hours before the vote.
Meanwhile, Trump appeared outside the White House on Tuesday alongside Elon Musk and a number of Tesla vehicles as the company’s stock plummets.
The president said he would buy one of the cars but that he wouldn’t drive it himself as he’s not allowed to get behind the wheel as president, adding that the vehicle would be used at the White House.
Trump also announced Tuesday that he’s ordering the tariffs on Canada’s aluminum and steel industry to be raised to 50 percent. However, he soon reversed course and ordered the previously-announced 25 percent tariffs to go into effect at midnight.
Trump-supporting Republican turns on Elon Musk after he called Democrat senator a ‘traitor’ over his Ukraine trip
Republican Representative Don Bacon sharply rebuked Elon Musk for insulting the Polish foreign minister and a Democratic U.S. Senator on social media for to their support of Ukraine.
Bacon, a Nebraskan who endorsed President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2024, said Musk’s attacks on U.S. lawmakers and allies were “not appropriate” and reflected poorly on the White House.
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 22:30
Full story: Only one House Democrat votes for Republican bill to avoid a government shutdown
Only one House Democrat in the US House of Representatives voted for a spending bill that Republicans passed to keep the US government open.
The House passed a stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution or “CR,” to keep the government open until September on Tuesday. Only one Republican, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voted against the legislation.
Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the only Democrat to join Republicans in the legislation.
Eric Garcia11 March 2025 22:18
House of Representatives votes to avoid government shutdown
The House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the federal government through September, a step toward avoiding a government shutdown later this week.
The Senate will now vote on the bill, which passed the House along party lines. The only Republican to vote against the bill was Representative Thomas Massie.
Katie Hawkinson11 March 2025 21:55
American Airlines passenger ‘beat fellow traveller’ claiming he was ‘mad’ and wanted to speak to Trump
According to an FBI affidavit, obtained by CBS News, Rulamka got up from his seat shortly before the flight landed, approached a flight attendant and threatened to “f*** him up on landing.”
“Several passengers, observing the threatening behavior, started filming on their cellular phones,” the affidavit stated.
Mike Bedigan has the story:
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 21:45
Trump praises his own tariffs at Business Roundtable meeting
President Donald Trump praised his tariffs and the subsequent trade war they’ve sparked with Canada and Mexico at a Business Roundtable meeting Tuesday afternoon.
“The tariffs are having a tremendously positive impact,” Trump said. “They will have, and they are having.”
Katie Hawkinson11 March 2025 21:34
Trump addresses Business Roundtable’s quarterly meeting
President Donald Trump is speaking at the quarterly meeting for Business Roundtable — an organization of major U.S. CEOs.
He kicked off the session with praise for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.
“We have a bloated, very dishonest, in many cases, federal government and bureaucracy…somebody should have done this many years ago, and we’re cutting numbers that nobody’s ever seen before,” Trump said. “DOGE, as we call it, affectionately, you’ve all been hearing that term a lot. Elon has been doing really a fantastic job. He suffers a little bit because of it.”
These remarks come hours after Trump revealed he bought his granddaughter Kai a Cybertruck from Musk’s Tesla.
Follow along with The Independent for continued live updates on his remarks.
Katie Hawkinson11 March 2025 21:19
WATCH: Trump says he bought his granddaughter Kai a Cybertruck
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 21:01
Ann Coulter questions effort to deport foreign students protesting Israel: ‘Isn’t this a violation of the First Amendment?’
The outlet reported that the names of international students in the U.S. on visas who had taken part in protests had been gathered by Betar, a pro-Israel group, with the aim of forcing them to return home with the help of the Trump administration.
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 21:00
White House going ahead with steel and aluminium tariffs
A 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminium with no exceptions or exemptions will go into effect for Canada and all of our other trading partners at midnight, March 12th.
White House spokesperson Kush Desai
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 20:46
China’s shipbuilding dominance poses economic and national security risks for the US, a report says
In only two decades, China has grown to be the dominant player in shipbuilding, claiming more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding market, while the U.S. share has fallen to just 0.1%, posing serious economic and national security challenges for the U.S. and its allies, according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
In 2024 alone, one Chinese shipbuilder constructed more commercial vessels by tonnage than the entire U.S. shipbuilding industry has built since the end of World War II. China already has the world’s largest naval fleet, the Washington-based bipartisan think tank said in its 75-page report.
“The erosion of U.S. and allied shipbuilding capabilities poses an urgent threat to military readiness, reduces economic opportunities, and contributes to China’s global power-projection ambitions,” the report said.
Gustaf Kilander11 March 2025 20:30
