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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session -- and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After refusing to convene the U.S. House during the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson is recalling lawmakers back into session -- and facing an avalanche of pent-up legislative demands from those who have largely been sidelined from governing.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the U.S. House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congress and beyond.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nancy Pelosi is bringing her history-making career in the U.S. House to an end, but she leaves a linguistic legacy in Congress and beyond.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker's office but arguably the most powerful in American politics.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Certain senators know it. House Speaker Mike Johnson knows it. And with President Donald Trump back in Washington from his overseas trip, perhaps the White House knows it, too.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's musings about a potential third-term bid for the White House have run up against at least one obstacle: House Speaker Mike Johnson.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is making this government shutdown unlike any the country has ever seen, enabling his budget office a rare authority to pick winners and losers -- who gets paid or fired -- in an unprecedented restructuring across the federal workforce.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Halfway through Donald Trump's inaugural White House meeting with congressional leadership days before a government shutdown, the red hats appeared on the president's desk.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The money started drying up quickly, almost as soon as President Donald Trump began issuing his executive orders.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are "marching the country" into a government shutdown over their refusal to meet with Democrats and strike a deal to save health care funding from cuts.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just back from a congressional delegation trip to Ukraine, a senior Republican said he's more optimistic that the country can succeed in the war with the right support from the U.S. and other allies and he urged Congress to pass a long-stalled Russia sanctions bill as soon as possible.
The House declined late Wednesday to punish one of its own over commentary in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination, but the effort showed the reach of President Donald Trump's push for political retribution and set the stage for more to come.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The invitation arrived in the final days of the summer recess, President Donald Trump's political team summoning House Republican staff to an early morning meeting about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the coming midterm elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House Republican proposed a resolution Wednesday to censure Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver over an incident with law enforcement during a congressional oversight visit to a new immigration detention facility in her home state of New Jersey.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican who represents Nebraska's second district with its so-called "blue dot" that includes many progressive voters around Omaha, will not seek reelection.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans appeared Friday to push President Donald Trump's big bill back on track after a flurry of last-minute revisions, including deep cuts to food stamps, but there's still a long way to go ahead of expected weekend votes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans appeared Friday to push President Donald Trump's big bill back on track after a flurry of last-minute revisions, including deep cuts to food stamps, but there's still a long way to go ahead of expected weekend votes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump's tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber's procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans have suffered a sizable setback on one key aspect of President Donald Trump's big bill after their plans to gut the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau and other provisions from the Senate Banking Committee ran into procedural violations with the Senate parliamentarian.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom looked straight into the camera and staked out a clear choice for his Democratic Party.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in Congress includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts -- it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration's mass deportation agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" in Congress includes more than tax breaks and spending cuts -- it also seeks to pour billions of dollars into the administration's mass deportation agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.7 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans unveiled the cost-staving centerpiece of President Donald Trump's " big, beautiful bill " late Sunday, at least $880 billion in cuts largely to Medicaid to help cover the cost of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is deep into drafting President Donald Trump's big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up funding to halt migrants, but it's "bumpy," one Republican chairman says, with much work ahead to meet House Speaker Mike Johnson's goal of passing the package out of his chamber by Memorial Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Bringing the kind of punch many voters are demanding, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's 100 days in office have been an assault of Americans' very way of life and promised Democrats in Congress are fighting as hard as they can to stop more " bad things" from happening.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As part of their big tax bill, Republicans in Congress are pumping billions of dollars into President Donald Trump's mass deportation and border security plan with nearly 20,000 new officers, stark new fees starting at $1,000 on migrants seeking asylum and $46.5 billion for a long-sought border wall.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Why not tax the millionaires?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Why not tax the millionaires?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First the nation's top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tentative deal has been reached with the Florida Republican leading a bipartisan push to allow proxy voting in the U.S. House for new parents, potentially ending a standoff that halted legislative work for days and threatened to delay a vote this week to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A tentative deal has been reached with the Florida Republican leading a bipartisan push to allow proxy voting in the U.S. House for new parents, potentially ending a standoff that halted legislative work for days and threatened to delay a potential vote this week to advance President Donald Trump's agenda.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" of tax breaks and spending cuts at a risky moment for the U.S. and global economy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary with proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges, tightening the GOP's grip on government.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led government funding bill that already passed the House but failed to slap any limits on President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to gut federal operations.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop in with the votes needed to prevent catastrophic disruptions.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A familiar scene has played out over and over in the U.S. House: Republicans, unable to approve federal funding legislation on their own, edge toward a risky government shutdown, until Democrats swoop in with the votes needed to prevent catastrophic disruptions.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Almost two months into President Donald Trump's second term, the chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm elections some 20 months away.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Billionaire Elon Musk arrived on Capitol Hill Tuesday and learned about something new -- budget rescissions, an obscure legislative tool that could bring legal heft to his federal budget slashing effort and enshrine the cuts into law.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas wasn't the first lawmaker ever to blurt out a shout of protest during a presidential address to Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been filled with protesters decrying the Trump administration's slashing of federal government, echoing the president's claims that the demonstration's are fueled by professional protesters.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump arrives this week on Capitol Hill to deliver a speech to Congress, a coequal branch of government he has bulldozed past this first month in office, wielding unimaginable executive power to get what he wants, at home and abroad.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the late-night debate encompassed so much more.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans pushed ahead late Tuesday on a scaled-back budget bill, a $340 billion package to give the Trump administration money for mass deportations and other priorities, as Democrats prepare a counter-campaign against the onslaught of actions coming from the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No longer in charge, Sen. Mitch McConnell has been speaking his mind, the long-serving GOP leader rejecting President Donald Trump's more high-profile Cabinet nominees -- alone at times, among the Republicans, casting his no votes.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conspiracy theories about vaccines. Secret meetings with dictators. An enemies list.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators are preparing to vote Monday on Sen. Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, a first Cabinet pick to be considered on Inauguration Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators returned to the Capitol Monday for a late-evening session pushing ahead on President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, with voting possible to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as the nation's secretary of state on Inauguration Day.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One by one, all the president-elect' s men, and women, are falling into place in his Cabinet.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders starting Day One of the new White House, in what amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign on border security, deportations and a rush of other policy priorities.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As Congress convenes amid a winter storm to certify President-elect Donald Trump 's election, the legacy of Jan. 6 hangs over the proceedings with an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time, and is legitimately returning to power.