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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home Wednesday to campaign for the midterm elections after what he claims is the most productive Congress in decades.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that billionaire Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Working to keep the majority in Congress, Republicans at the midterm convention in Dallas are showcasing their chief legislative accomplishment -- the sweeping package of tax breaks, social service cuts and immigration enforcement that President Donald Trump signed into law.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's one thing to issue a Declaration of Independence. It's quite another to launch a grand experiment in representative democracy.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beginning on Day One, House Democrats plan to "hold the crooks accountable."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and outside adviser Jared Kushner met privately recently in New York, a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senators headed for the exits in the predawn hours Saturday, ending for now a crushing standoff over President Donald Trump's demands that they stay in session to pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill before the summer recess.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's border czar said Sunday that the vetting of an immigration officer involved in the deadly shooting of a Colombian native in Maine is under internal review after relatives revealed to The Associated Press that he had a history of serious mental health struggles and violent behavior.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is "fomenting hate" by calling the prime minister a war criminal who should be arrested over the war in Gaza if he visits the city for the United Nations General Assembly.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House leaders sent lawmakers home for summer campaigning after one of the rockiest sessions in recent memory as voters decide which party to put in power in Congress for the remainder of President Donald Trump's term.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic members of Congress are demanding answers about Homeland Security's vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed that the ICE officer involved in a deadly shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic members of Congress demanded answers about Homeland Security's vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed Thursday that the ICE officer involved in a deadly shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Whither the U.S. House?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than $350 million from President Donald Trump's " big, beautiful bill " has been quietly directed to White House security, an allotment that Democrats warn appears to be helping fund his new ballroom project -- despite the president's insistence that no taxpayer dollars would be used.
There aren't many lawmakers like Thomas Massie left in Congress.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight, and when Democrats counterpunched last month with a redrawn Virginia map, he had made his point.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson has lamented he would like to preside over a "normal Congress," but the chamber the Republican is leading is anything but.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House took a crucial step Wednesday toward funding the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration warned that money to pay Transportation Security Administration and other agency personnel will "soon run out," sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is warning Congress that funding to pay Department of Homeland Security personnel will "soon run out," sparking new threats of airport disruptions and national security concerns as the House slow-walks legislation to end what has been the longest-ever lapse in agency funding.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a rare bipartisan moment, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, a long-shot effort fighting back against President Donald Trump's attempts to end the program.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman opened the hearing with a provocative dare: Say it to my face.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday he won't sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans' ability to vote by mail, a startling demand months before the midterm elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday over the Trump administration's shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in lives and dollars for what is quickly becoming a widening Middle East conflict.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday over the Trump administration's shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in lives and dollars in what is quickly becoming a widening Middle East conflict.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are rushing ahead on Wednesday on legislation that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a longshot Trump administration priority that faces sharp blowback in the Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beyond the car windows being smashed, people tackled on city streets -- or even a little child with a floppy bunny ears snowcap detained -- the images of masked federal officers has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation's voting laws, a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would impose stricter requirements, including some before Americans vote in the midterm elections in the fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation's voting laws, a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would impose stricter requirements before Americans vote in the midterm elections in the fall.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A groundswell of voices have come to the same conclusion: Kristi Noem must go.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One week after the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the history of what happened that day is being reconsidered, revised and reassessed by the party in power.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress and once a rival to become House speaker, will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress and once a rival to become House speaker, will announce Thursday he is set to retire at the end of his term.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five years ago outside the White House, outgoing President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters to head to the Capitol -- "and I'll be there with you" -- in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five years ago outside the White House, the outgoing President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to head to the Capitol -- "and I'll be there with you" -- in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five years ago outside the White House, the outgoing president Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to head to the Capitol -- " and I'll be there with you " -- in protest as Congress was affirming the 2020 election victory for Democrat Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. House is back in session after a multi-week hiatus, but its agenda has been quickly overtaken by a sudden flurry of censures, reprimands and the investigation of members, leaving little bandwidth for legislating.
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.