Speaker Johnson is moving forward with foreign aid bills despite threat to oust him (www.npr.org)
Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
Divisions within the House Republican conference could threaten both the future of the package and Mike Johnson's speakership.
Seven jurors were selected for Trump's hush-money trial as others were dismissed for sharing negative memes and social media content about him.
House Republicans lost another member in Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., on Friday. Gallagher's departure on April 19 will leave Republicans with just one vote to spare on legislation.
The long-serving Republican leader said he would step aside at the end of his leadership term but remain in the Senate, acknowledging that his views on national security had put him out of step with his party.
The victory by Tom Suozzi, an ex-congressman, offers his party a potential path in November as it contests suburban swing districts like this one.
Feb 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chair Michael Whatley as the next chair of the Republican National Committee and his daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair, moving to cement his grip over the organization as he closes in on the presidential nomination.
"There is no way in hell" that Russia could lose the war, Elon Musk told the other participants of the online conversation.
President JOE BIDEN has a reputation for salty language behind closed doors. But it nearly slipped out in public during his speech at Valley Forge last month to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Animated and angry, he derided DONALD TRUMP and his followers for drawing glee from political violence.
The House passed a $78 billion tax bill on Wednesday that boosts the child tax credit and reinstates business deductions that were rescinded during the Trump administration, sending the bipartisan, bicameral legislation to the Senate for consideration.
A Republican lawmaker is withdrawing and refiling a bill that would have added “sexual contact” to Kentucky’s incest statute because of a filing error that struck first cousins from the list of relationships that legally qualify as incest in the state.
The bill would remove first cousins from the list of family members with whom it's illegal to have sexual relations in the state....
Nikki Haley is expected to benefit.
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Poll finds Jewish public opinion has sharply swung in incumbent’s direction following support for Israel in wake of Oct. 7, after overwhelming 2020 support for Republican rival
Republicans want Democrats to agree to crackdown on immigration in return for supporting funds
The report is targeted squarely at Karamo’s “failed leadership,” and casts her as presiding over a series of disastrous decisions that crippled the party since being elected chair by Republican delegates in February.
As with other polls gauging Americans' support for Ukraine, there was a significant partisan divide. Only 16% of Democrats thought the U.S. was providing too much aid, while 39% thought it was about right, and 24% said it was not enough.
Republicans have delayed more than $1 billion in funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known as PEPFAR, the latest complication facing a lifesaving HIV program that has been ensnared in a broader political fight around abortion.
House Republicans will hear Monday from nine lawmakers vying to be the next speaker of the House, with a candidate forum that ushers in a grueling day of voting Tuesday.
Some Mira Costa High students wrapped backpacks in caution tape for Banned Books Week.
Donald Trump could soon be facing additional indictments from the Department of Justice, The Independent reports. The DOJ has made preparations for a “superseding indictment,” which are additional charges that may include allegations of more serious crimes against a defendant, according to the report.
Robert Reich lists five elements of fascism that Republicans exemplify