House GOP leadership touts majority, regardless of size: ‘Failure is not an option’
The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives pushed aside concern regarding the GOP’s “small majority.” Republicans currently hold a 220-215 majority over Democrats in the House despite a net loss of one House seat in the 2024 elections.
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural events
President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day speeches were punctuated by several false or misleading claims, many of which he has made before.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s ability to wrangle GOP into line is put to the test at Miami retreat
House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed that a plan to pass President Trump’s agenda would be coming soon, but some Republicans want a blueprint faster.
LIVE SOON: U.S. House GOP leaders hold briefing with Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise
U.S. House GOP leaders hold a briefing with Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise. Watch LIVE here.
Here’s what stands in the way of Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax and border bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was aiming to have a blueprint for a budget soon.
Conflicting accounts on congressional Republicans' approach to Trump's agenda
Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress.
Scalise says GOP leadership, Trump agree to move on 1 reconciliation bill
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday said Republican leaders agreed to move President Trump’s legislative agenda in one sweeping bill, a development he shared with reporters after top GOP lawmakers huddled at the White House with the president.
How Speaker Mike Johnson’s bond with Trump shapes GOP future
The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.
House passes immigrant detention bill that would be Trump’s first law to sign
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.
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How Republicans Learned to Excuse Political Violence
This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that an election gave the winner a mandate to suspend or ignore laws. In reality, Americans gave Trump no such mandate. Multiple polls have found that they oppose pardons for people convicted of violent crimes on January 6th.
No 2 Republican Steve Scalise lays out government funding strategies, with fiscal deadlines looming
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed Republicans' plans to grapple with several fiscal deadlines on the horizon.
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Rep. Mike Johnson tells House Republicans Trump wants them to pass a single reconciliation bill
At a closed-door House Republican retreat Saturday morning, newly re-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said President-elect Donald Trump was in favor of passing a single reconciliation ...