Politics Jan 27 Trump caps first week in office at House Republican retreat, rallying lawmakers on immigration crackdown Speaking at House Republicans' annual policy retreat, President Donald Trump said he was really focused “on the border more than anything else," downplaying the importance of inflation, an issue that fueled his candidacy last year but one that he has…
Politics Jan 23 California Republicans push back after Speaker Johnson’s threat to saddle wildfire aid with conditions Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.
Politics Jan 08 WATCH: Donald and Melania Trump visit Jimmy Carter’s casket at U.S. Capitol President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th president lay in state ahead of his funeral Thursday in the nation's capital.
Politics Jan 03 Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic first-round floor vote Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.
Politics Dec 20 Senate confirms 235th federal judge under Biden’s presidency, beating Trump’s first-term tally Biden and Senate Democrats placed particular focus on adding women, minorities and public defenders to the judicial rank. About two-thirds of Biden's appointees are women and a solid majority of appointees are people of color.
Politics Dec 19 WATCH: House rejects Trump-backed stopgap funding bill, leaving next steps uncertain In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for passage — but House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared determined to regroup, before Friday's midnight deadline.
Politics Dec 19 Government shutdown looms as Speaker Johnson struggles to meet Trump’s demands Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will "easily remain speaker" for the next Congress if he "acts decisively and tough" in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas…
Politics Dec 18 Congress nears funding deal with more than $100 billion in disaster aid, avoiding government shutdown Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.
Politics Dec 12 House Republicans pass bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but White House says Biden would veto it The House has passed what was once a bipartisan effort to expand the number of federal district trial court judgeships across the country.
Politics Dec 11 WATCH: House approves $895B defense bill that raises military pay, bans coverage of trans care for children of service members The bill passed the House by a vote of 281-140 and will next move to the Senate, where lawmakers had sought a bigger boost in defense spending than the current measure allows.