House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) denied a request by Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) to pass her bipartisan resolution to allow pregnant congresswomen to have other members cast their votes for them by proxy while they are indisposed by maternity care — something affecting her directly at the moment,

"On January 20th, the flags at the Capitol will fly at full-staff to celebrate our country coming together behind the inauguration of our 47th President, Donald Trump," the Louisiana Republican said in a statement. "The flags will be lowered back to half-staff the following day to continue honoring President Jimmy Carter."

First consider the uneasy re-election of Mike Johnson as House Speaker. Mr Johnson won near-unanimous support from his party on the first ballot, an improvement over the 15 rounds of voting it took for his Republican predecessor two years ago.

The key for the next Bears coach is to develop Caleb Williams, and some already have a relationship with the QB.

North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx's appointment signals that Trump and Republicans in Congress will push the most radical versions of their agenda.

Trump takes office in less than a week, but California's road to recovery will take months, and politics might get in the way.

Deion Sanders, Bill Belichick, Ben Johnson, and maybe even Jason Witten could emerge as candidates to replace Mike McCarthy in Dallas.

By keeping McCarthy dangling for over a week, the Cowboys are a week behind other teams searching for a coach.

The Dallas Cowboys are in need of a new head coach after the team and Mike McCarthy parted ways this week. And the Cowboys' next move in that coaching

The meetings come as Republican leaders in the House and Senate have debated the best strategy to secure quick wins after Trump is sworn in.

But, hey, man. Tiger Woods played golf last night.