House Passes Major Bill, Giving Trump Another Key Victory
House Speaker Mike Johnson gave a big update after the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 passed the GOP-controlled U.S. House of Representatives. This bill undoes former President Joe Biden’s “catastrophic natural gas ban.”
In a press release, Johnson said, “President Trump and Congressional Republicans are working together to unleash reliable American energy to lower costs for families, support American workers and energy producers, and make sure that America is never again held hostage by radical climate bureaucrats and activists.”
“The Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act passed by the House helps make sure that American LNG exports are never banned again, takes politics out of the permitting process, and frees American energy producers from the Biden-era subversive bureaucratic overreach.” “This law makes more of President Trump’s executive orders official, pushes Republicans’ agenda to make them the leaders in energy, and returns LNG exports to normal, so America can be a leader in the global market again,” the Speaker said.
Chairman Guthrie said, “House Republicans are leading the way to support our nation’s energy security, strengthen our grid, and lower prices for hard-working families by unleashing American energy.”
Guthrie went on to say, “The REFINER Act will help make sure that our refineries are being used properly to make the oil, gas, and other important feedstocks we need. The Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act will also increase American energy production and infrastructure by getting rid of U.S. LNG export limits that the Biden-Harris Administration politicized and abused.”
“Today, the House passed my Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act, which is another big step toward making the United States the world’s leading energy producer.” “Once and for all, my bill fixes the broken, politically weaponized approval process so we can speed up the process of getting permission to export LNG,” said Congressman Pfluger.
“It’s easy: exporting American LNG helps our economy, keeps prices stable, brings in much-needed investment in energy infrastructure, and makes our global partners’ energy security stronger.” “I thank my coworkers for backing this important bill, and I urge the Senate to pass it quickly under Senator Scott’s strong leadership,” Pfluger said.
Johnson’s office released a “quick facts” sheet about the bill:
–During President Biden’s four years in office, not one new LNG export authorization was issued because of a politically motivated and wrong-headed ban on natural gas exports.
Since President Trump took office in January 2025, his administration has given the go-ahead for at least three LNG exports, and U.S. developers have made final investment decisions on six LNG export projects worth more than $70 billion.
–H.R. 1949 takes the politics out of exporting American liquefied natural gas (LNG) by taking away the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) power to approve its export and giving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) full control over the process.
Johnson also said earlier this week that the House will hold hearings to look into the rise in violence against police officers across the country.
The meeting comes less than a week after two National Guard members who were sent to Washington, D.C. as part of President Trump’s anti-crime program were shot near the White House.
Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries, but the second Guard member, 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, is still in serious condition but is showing “positive” signs of recovery.
The hearing also comes after other recent events, such as a deadly shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in the Dallas area earlier this year that killed at least one person.
According to an FBI report, attacks on police officers reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000 attacks reported across the country. Still, Democrats have often criticized the Trump administration’s use of Guard troops and federal officers to try to control crime.
That being said, officials in the Trump administration are getting more aggressive about stopping both legal and illegal immigration to the United States. This is because an Afghan national who was let into the country under President Joe Biden killed Guard troops late last month.
Trump Warns Iran of ‘Total Obliteration’ if They Try To Harm Him HH
President Donald Trump warned Iran that continued assassination threats made by leaders in Tehran would be met with the country getting “blown up” and “total obliteration.”
“Well, they shouldn’t be doing it but I’ve left notification,” Trump said. “Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country’s going to get blown up.”
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Biden-era Intelligence officials briefed Trump about the alleged threats against him during his presidential campaign in 2024. Former Attorney General Merrick Garland said the plot was retaliation for the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. in 2020, during Trump’s first administration.
Despite being briefed by his administration, Trump on Tuesday said President Biden “should have said something” on the matter, adding that presidents should defend each other on such matters.
“But I have very firm instructions,” Trump continued. “Anything happens, they’re going to wipe them off the face of this earth.”
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Trump also spoke about the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran in Geneva.
“What are you expecting from these Iran talks in Geneva?” a reporter asked Trump aboard Air Force One.
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“So, I’ll be involved in those talks indirectly, and they’ll be very important. We’ll see what can happen. Typically, Iran’s a very tough negotiator; they’re good negotiators — or bad negotiators. I would say they’re bad negotiators because we could have had a deal instead of sending the B2s to knock out their nuclear potential. We had to send the B2s. I hope they’re going to be more reasonable. They want to make a deal,” Trump said.
“Have you been told that a deal is next to impossible?” the reporter followed up.
Trump replied, “No. I think they want to make a deal. I don’t think they want the consequences of not making a deal. They want to make a deal.”
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Trump previously said that he instructed officials to destroy Iran if they killed him.
The president said this after signing an executive order right after taking office that gave him all the tools he needed to talk to Iran’s government and put as much pressure on Tehran as possible.
“They haven’t done that and that would be a terrible thing for them to do,” Trump said at the time. “Not because of me — if they did that, they would be obliterated. That would be the end. I’ve left instructions, if they do it, they get obliterated, there won’t be anything left. And, they shouldn’t be able to do it.”
Trump warned last week that the United States could send additional warships toward Iran if ongoing diplomatic negotiations fail to produce a deal, signaling that military pressure could increase as talks over Tehran’s nuclear program stall.
In remarks to Axios, Trump said the administration is considering deploying a second aircraft carrier strike group to the region in addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln and 9 additional warships already positioned near Iran, though he expressed hope that a diplomatic agreement can still be reached.
“Either we will make a deal or we will have to do something very tough like last time,” the president told Axios on Tuesday, a reference to the bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites in June.
“Last time they didn’t believe I would do it. They overplayed their hand,” Trump added. “We have an armada that is heading there and another one might be going.”
The president emphasized that the United States is seeking to persuade Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, halt the development of its ballistic missile program, and end support for militant proxy groups. Iranian officials have so far resisted expanding negotiations beyond nuclear-related issues.
He described the nuclear issue as a “matter of course” part of any negotiation, but also insisted that an agreement with Iran must also address Tehran’s ballistic missile stockpiles, per Axios.
Trump said the US “can make a great deal with Iran,” and Tehran “very much wants to make a deal.”
Trump’s comments came ahead of a planned visit to Washington, D.C. by Benjamin Netanyahu, who is expected to press for a tougher U.S. stance and broader terms for any Iran deal that would include constraints on Tehran’s missile capabilities and regional activities.
Before heading to DC, the Israeli leader previewed some of what he and Trump were going to discuss.
“I will present to the president our understanding of the principles of the negotiations (with Iran) – the essential principles that are important not only to Israel – but to everyone who wants peace and security in the Middle East,” Netanyahu told reporters, per the New York Post.
The administration has already bolstered its military presence in the Middle East, with multiple warships and aircraft deployed as a means of deterrence and leverage.
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