Politics Mar 20 Inside a heated town hall where a Nebraska Republican faced backlash over Trump’s policies By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura
Politics Nov 14 Watch 5:23 What Republicans could do with their power as they secure control of House and Senate House Republicans will maintain their hold on the lower chamber next year, giving the GOP a political trifecta in Washington, controlling both chambers of Congress and the presidency come January. Lisa Desjardins reports. By Lisa Desjardins
Politics Oct 25 WATCH: House meets again to vote for new speaker after GOP nominates Rep. Mike Johnson Both relieved and exultant, Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Politics Oct 12 Watch 4:35 Scalise withdraws from speaker race, sending GOP search for leader into further chaos A day after House Republicans narrowly voted to nominate Steve Scalise to be the next speaker, the Louisiana congressman withdrew his name from consideration after it was clear he did not have the votes to win on the House floor. By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens, Alexa Gold
Politics Aug 29 Rep. Steve Scalise diagnosed with blood cancer and undergoing treatment The cancer diagnosis came, Scalise said, after he had not been feeling like himself in the past week. By Associated Press
Apr 26 McCarthy works to unite House GOP on debt ceiling bill in late-night changes By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press House Republicans have made post-midnight changes to their sweeping debt ceiling package to win over holdouts. Continue reading
Mar 30 House Republicans pass energy bill to roll back regulation of fossil fuel production By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The legislation would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, and ease permitting restrictions that delay pipelines, refineries and other projects. Continue reading
Jan 11 House Republicans open investigation into Biden family By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The Republican-led Oversight Committee requested financial information from the Treasury Department surrounding financial transactions members of the Biden family made, as well as testimony from multiple former Twitter executives, who were involved in the company’s handling of an October 2020… Continue reading
Jun 09 WATCH: Ahead of Jan. 6 hearings, McCarthy calls committee ‘least legitimate’ in American history By Associated Press Hours before the Jan. 6 committee opens its prime time hearings about the riot at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called it "the most political and least legitimate committee in American history."… Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: House GOP say Democrats are ‘stonewalling’ COVID-19 origins probe By Associated Press House Republicans are calling for hearings into the origins of the COVID-19 virus. Continue reading