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House Republicans look to silver linings for midterm playbook as they embark on recess

House Republicans are fanning out across the country for August recess hoping to capitalize on silver linings in an otherwise tough midterm...

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Scalise embraces House GOP’s elder statesman role amid leadership shake-up speculation

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) has reached his peak elder statesman era in President Trump’s second term. The No. 2 House Republican...

23.07.2026 10

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Republicans lean into anticommunism midterm argument

House Republicans are making fears about a creeping communist threat central to their midterm argument — accusing the furthest-left Democratic...

22.07.2026 20

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Nancy Mace endorses Ralph Norman for Senate over Trump’s pick to replace Graham

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday endorsed fellow Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), breaking with...

21.07.2026 10

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Speaker Johnson backs more restrictions on relationships between lawmakers and staff

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday indicated he would support expanding the House’s prohibition on sexual relationships between lawmakers and...

21.07.2026 10

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GOP leaders charge ahead on uncertain vote with ambitious agenda at stake

House GOP leaders are charging ahead with a procedural vote Tuesday afternoon that will make or break their ambitious agenda for the week, despite a...

21.07.2026 6

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Cracks on data centers deepen on right

Resistance to the construction of data centers has largely been from the left, but it’s quickly bubbling up as an issue dividing the political right...

21.07.2026 10

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Push to defund Planned Parenthood turns up as policy left out of reconciliation 3.0

Anti-abortion groups are turning up their activism after a prohibition on Medicaid funding going to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood was...

18.07.2026 10

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House GOP floats reconciliation 4.0 amid disappointment at 3.0 plan

House Republican leaders are already starting to float reconciliation 4.0 — even with a third party-line budget bill barely out of the gate and...

17.07.2026 10

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GOP leaders face frustrations, time pressure on $95 billion reconciliation package

House Republican leaders are facing pressure from the clock and from their own members over a $95 billion reconciliation 3.0 framework that they will...

16.07.2026 10

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House GOP scrambles to tee up reconciliation 3.0 while facing competing pressures

Republican leaders are scrambling to try to tee up a third party-line budget bill by the end of the week, aiming to deliver on a framework before the...

15.07.2026 10

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House Republicans to meet with Hegseth at Pentagon on $350 billion request

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said House Republicans will get a briefing from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon on Tuesday evening as they...

14.07.2026 9

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GOP House blockade shows signs of breaking

The dam constructed by Republican hardliners that held up action on the House floor for two weeks is showing cracks, an encouraging sign for GOP...

14.07.2026 5

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House GOP leaders aim to advance reconciliation 3.0 bill on Thursday

House Republican leaders said Tuesday that they would aim to unveil and advance their framework for a third GOP-only budget reconciliation bill this...

14.07.2026 10

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GOP losing trust on affordability, says Americans for Prosperity

Americans for Prosperity Action is warning that Republicans risk losing not just the House, but the Senate if they don’t regain voters’ trust on...

14.07.2026 10

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Vance to press House Republicans on advancing Trump agenda

Vice President JD Vance is set to sit down with House Republicans on Tuesday in an effort to get them to reopen the chamber floor and pass President...

13.07.2026 10

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Nancy Mace eyes run to replace Graham in Senate

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is considering a run to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in the Senate. Asked about interest in replacing...

12.07.2026 10

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Vulnerable Republicans embrace risky strategy of embracing an unpopular Trump

Republicans in swing-seat House districts are welcoming President Trump to their districts and embracing him as the leader of the party despite his...

11.07.2026 10

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McConnell, Kean absences revive debate about what information lawmakers owe voters

Lawmakers’ extended and sometimes unexplained absences from Washington are raising questions about how much transparency elected officials owe the...

09.07.2026 10

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FOR INSIDERS | Why birthright citizenship could be the right’s new Roe

Hard-line immigration restrictionists who were profoundly disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision last week upholding birthright citizenship as...

07.07.2026 20

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FOR INSIDERS | GOP lawmakers eye legislation challenging birthright citizenship ruling

Republican lawmakers are game planning legislative ways to try to challenge the Supreme Court’s ruling this week that upheld birthright citizenship...

03.07.2026 20

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Frustration mounts as GOP infighting derails House

Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with the infighting that has brought work in the House to a halt and caused Speaker Mike Johnson...

02.07.2026 20

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House set to vote as GOP leaders hope NDAA, SAVE America Act gambit unlocks floor

House Republican leaders on Tuesday afternoon will find out whether their plan to tie the annual defense authorization bill to a voter ID bill pushed...

30.06.2026 10

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The Movement: Generational battle over Social Security brews on right

A note for Movement readers: Movement is becoming part of The Hill Insider — our new premium access digital subscription launching July 2026. As a...

30.06.2026 10

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The Movement: Behind the GOP’s anti-fraud midterm push

A note for Movement readers: Movement is becoming part of The Hill Insider — our new premium access digital subscription launching July 2026. As a...

23.06.2026 10

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House members flailing in primaries for higher office

House members who opted to run for higher office rather than seek reelection have had a poor track record this year and could end up with a higher...

18.06.2026 20

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The Movement: Right wrestles with Trump-ification of 250th Independence Day celebrations

A note for Movement readers: Movement is becoming part of The Hill Insider — our new premium access digital subscription launching July 2026. As a...

16.06.2026 20

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House conservatives mount push to codify Trump border policies

Hard-line conservatives in the House are mounting an uphill push to codify President Trump’s border policies, demanding a vote by July 4 and warning...

13.06.2026 10

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Johnson: 'I would not put too much stock' in 'details' of Trump's Kharg Island threat

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that he would “not put too much stock” in President Trump’s Thursday morning threat to seize control of Kharg...

11.06.2026 9

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Comer to seek interviews with Todd Blanche, Alan Dershowitz in Epstein probe

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that he would like to bring in Acting Attorney General Todd...

10.06.2026 20

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Bill Gates in Epstein probe interview: ‘I have never victimized anyone’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on Wednesday told the House Oversight Committee that he has “never victimized anyone” and never had an indication...

10.06.2026 10

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Republicans fume at members circumventing leaders with discharge petitions

House Republicans are growing frustrated by small numbers of members of their party joining with Democrats on discharge petitions to force votes,...

10.06.2026 20

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Faster Labor Contracts Act passes House after GOP rebels join Democrats

The House on Tuesday passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act, a bill that seeks to impose shorter timelines for first-contract negotiations for new...

09.06.2026 9

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Speaker Johnson meets with Trump amid FISA struggles over Pulte

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is meeting with President Trump Tuesday morning as Democratic outrage about Trump tapping Bill Pulte as the acting...

09.06.2026 20

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The Movement: ‘Islamification’ fears drive appeals to conservative base

A note for Movement readers: Movement is becoming part of The Hill Insider — our new premium access digital subscription launching July 2026. As a...

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Mike Johnson: California election 'stinks to high heaven'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) asserted that the California primary election “stinks to high heaven,” echoing gripes from President Trump and other...

08.06.2026 10

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Freedom Caucus set for revamp as big names depart Congress

The House Freedom Caucus will undergo a transformation next year, as a number of the confrontational conservative group’s most high-profile members...

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Chamber of Commerce gets largest-ever donation for free enterprise initiative

The Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday that it received its largest-ever contribution to expand its initiative promoting free enterprise. A single...

04.06.2026 10

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Republicans rocked by Trump’s midterm approach

Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by President Trump’s focus on foreign policy,...

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Johnson: Democrats 'playing politics' with FISA over Pulte appointment

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) lambasted Democrats for suggesting that President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to be acting director of national...

03.06.2026 10

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Johnson on 'untoward' homosexuality post: 'We're supposed to love our neighbor as ourselves'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said a since-deleted social media post from a Republican congressman asserting that "homosexuality has no...

03.06.2026 10

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Speaker Johnson says anti-weaponization fund 'off the table,' citing difficult vote margins

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he told President Trump his proposed “anti-weaponization” settlement fund made it difficult for...

02.06.2026 10

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The Movement: Mike Pence’s stand against ‘progressivism in disguise’ in Trump’s GOP

Former Vice President Mike Pence sees a new calling in restoring traditional conservatism in the heart of the Republican Party. It’s a tall task...

02.06.2026 20

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Speaker Johnson’s longtime top aide departing office

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) chief of staff, Hayden Haynes — one of his longest-serving aides — will depart the office in early June. Haynes...

29.05.2026 10

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GOP’s populists flex muscles with wins on Capitol Hill

Populist and union-friendly Republicans are flexing their muscles on Capitol Hill, notching wins in the House despite furious pushback from...

28.05.2026 20

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Heritage Foundation adds four members to board

The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday added four new members to its Board of Trustees, including conservative commentator Mollie Hemingway and...

27.05.2026 10

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The Movement: ‘Freedom Conservatives’ hope fusionism comes back in style post-Trump

Wonks and activists of the conservative-libertarian fusionist flavor are cautiously optimistic that their politics will come back in style in a...

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Republicans lash out over on $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Congressional Republicans are lashing out over a $1.8 billion fund created by the Department of Justice this week to give payouts to those who claim...

21.05.2026 10

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Emmer manages GOP emotions as whip amid speculation about leadership ambitions

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) has a naturally blunt demeanor, but he says a softer touch is the key to wooing rambunctious members in the...

21.05.2026 30

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The Movement: Vance-championed rail safety bill fractures GOP

A railway safety bill that was championed by Vice President Vance is highlighting populist versus free-market tensions, offering a test for Republican...

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