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Johnson had initially lost the first ballot of the speakership by a margin of 216 votes to 218 against him.
Johnson lost the first ballot of the speakership by a margin of 216 votes to 218 against him.
The billionaire Musk has downplayed the party's extremist views in posts on X and in an op-ed in a German newspaper.
The attacker in New Orleans was a Texas resident, a military veteran and a US-born citizen.
Cheney is being honored alongside 19 other recipients, some of whom fought for LGBTQ rights, which she once opposed.
Trump's inauguration committee is on pace to raise more funds than any other president's committee in history.
Johnson can only afford two defections from GOP lawmakers this week to ensure he retains the speakership.
The party that Musk is backing is vehemently anti-immigration, and regularly downplays the atrocities of Nazism.
“We are not for sale and will never be for sale,” Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said.
Biden will exit the White House having failed to fulfill his 2020 campaign pledge to abolish the federal death penalty.
Musk is backing a vehemently anti-immigrant, far right party in Germany's upcoming elections.
The rule changes could run afoul of Supreme Court precedent from more than four decades ago.
The U.S. Constitution does not stipulate that the speaker has to be a current member of the House.
“It’s clear who’s in charge, and it’s not President-elect Donald Trump,” said Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
The ruling is a victory “for every young person whose future is threatened by climate change,” one petitioner said.
Two Republicans on the House Ethics Committee joined Democrats to support releasing the Gaetz report.
The lawsuit could indicate that Trump will similarly seek to stifle press freedoms while in the White House.
Trump claimed on the campaign trail that he had “nothing to do” with the unpopular far right manifesto.
“Trump is going to create the conditions for another depression,” one critic of the move said.
The bill pushes the doctrine of “fetal personhood,” and makes religious references to “God's image” within its text.
“Groceries, cars, everything — We’re going to get the prices down,” Trump promised in the fall.
If Trump successfully appoints Lake, it would “destroy the mission of VOA” as an independent agency, one critic said.
The policy change “will impact every person in our country — immigrant and U.S.-born alike,” one critic said.
Lauren McFerran has been blocked from returning to the NLRB, meaning that Trump can name her successor in January.
“Blanketly denying health care to people who clearly need it…is wrong,” a Democratic lawmaker said in response.
Trump's proposal could run afoul of a federal law requiring environmental reviews of all major infrastructure projects.
Since 2000, weather-related disasters tied to the climate crisis have resulted in over $600 billion in economic losses.
“Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put the public’s health in jeopardy,” the Nobel laureates stated.
Recent polling shows that nearly two-thirds of voters want the Electoral College to be abolished.
No provision of the U.S. Constitution can be legally overturned by a presidential decree.
In his first term in office, Trump's tariffs cost consumers around $1.4 billion per month, one study found.
Trump vowed to “not cut one penny” from Social Security, but his other statements and actions suggest that he plans to.
A total of 14 billionaires will be in the Trump White House, a number that could go up depending on future appointments.
“Everyone deserves to use the restroom without fear of discrimination or violence,” an organizer of the protest said.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive representing parts of the Queens and Bronx boroughs of New York City, became the first user on...
A majority of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appear supportive of keeping intact a Tennessee law that forbids gender-affirming treatment options...
The final race to be called in the 2024 House of Representatives elections has been called for a Democratic candidate, meaning Republicans’ margin...
Outgoing North Carolina Rep. Wiley Nickel (D) penned an op-ed this week blaming Republican gerrymandering in the state for the lopsided outcome of...
“The freedoms we cherish in California are under threat — and we won’t stand by,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said last month.
The judge found that the law violated the state constitution's equal protections provisions.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Jay Bhattacharya, a noted skeptic of stay-at-home orders and other measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19...
The transition team for president-elect Donald Trump has reached a formal agreement with the Biden White House to begin coordinating a process for...
More than a dozen lawmakers have sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to take additional steps on cannabis decriminalization before his...
A Missouri judge has upheld a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth and some adults in the state, citing outdated studies and the errant...
Trump vowed to place 25 percent tariffs on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada, and to increase tariffs on China.
Trump's plans for mass deportation include using the military and establishing “camps” along the border.
Since Election Day, president-elect Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly claimed that he has a “mandate” to govern. But several political...
Pam Bondi's call for deporting students — regardless of their citizenship status — echoes comments Trump made in May.
One critic described the move as an “attempt to conceal the deadly consequences” of Georgia's abortion ban.
Within the next congressional term, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) has said that she will lead a House subcommittee on “government...