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Heritage Foundation shakes up staff in wake of Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes controversy

Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts announced staff reassignments on Friday in the wake of the conservative uproar over his statement...

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Civil war erupts on the right after Heritage president's Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes comments

A civil war over the direction of the conservative movement and who should be considered part of it erupted after Heritage Foundation President Kevin...

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House Republicans grow anxious about Speaker Johnson's extended shutdown recess

House Republicans are growing anxious about how they will make up for lost time after Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to keep the House out of...

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Speaker Johnson backs Trump on nuclear testing: 'It’s a deterrent'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) gave backup to President Trump when asked about the president vowing to begin testing nuclear weapons for the first time...

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Democrats vote against 'clean' GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure

Senate Democrats are resisting calls from the nation’s largest union representing federal workers — a longtime political ally — to accept...

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House Republican introduces bill to fund WIC during shutdown

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) on Tuesday introduced a bill to fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)...

29.10.2025 20

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The Movement: When does Trump 2028 become a serious push?

Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to...

28.10.2025 3

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Speaker Johnson says GOP working on Republican health care plan amid shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is working with the chairs of three House committees to...

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Republicans grapple with shutdown – and why more are blaming the GOP

Republicans are grappling with public polls showing the public places more blame on them, rather than the Democrats, for the shutdown, even as they...

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Bill to fund SNAP in shutdown introduced in House

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) on Friday introduced a bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as the government...

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GOP floats funding extension to December 2026 amid shutdown drama

Republicans on Capitol Hill are discussing extending current government funding levels until December 2026 as debate heats up about the length of a...

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GOP leaders defend Trump’s East Wing White House renovation

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) gave impassioned defenses of President Trump’s demolition of the White...

22.10.2025 2

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GOP leaders eye new stopgap spending measure to end shutdown

Republican leaders are making plans for a new, longer continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels as the government shutdown...

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Johnson touts Oversight panel Epstein investigation as discharge petition looms

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) praised the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in a press conference...

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Chip Roy floats nuclear option on Senate filibuster to end shutdown

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate filibuster rules that require...

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Speaker Johnson says Trump ‘No Kings’ AI video was satire

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday dismissed an AI-generated video President Trump posted, showing him wearing a crown in a fighter jet and...

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Speaker ‘Mad Mike’ Johnson becomes voice of GOP shutdown strategy

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is showing his anger as he becomes perhaps the most prominent Republican figure in the GOP’s stubborn, uncompromising...

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Young Republicans group chat poses dilemma for GOP 

To condemn or not to condemn? That is the question for Republican officials after a Young Republicans group chat containing racist and antisemitic...

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Republican says 'ruse' that 'obscured' swastika in American flag targeted GOP offices 

Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio) said Thursday that the swastika inside of an American flag pictured in his office this week was “indistinguishable from an...

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Attorney for Rep. Cory Mills's accuser calls for removal from office, hints at criminal charges

An attorney for the woman granted a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) said she hopes he is removed from public office, and hinted...

15.10.2025 2

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Arizona attorney general threatens legal action if Johnson doesn't seat recently elected Democrat

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) on Tuesday threatened legal action if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) delays swearing in Democratic Rep.-elect...

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Johnson: ‘We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that the government shutdown is on its way to being one of the longest in history unless Democrats accept the...

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Dominion Voting Systems sold and renamed as Liberty Vote

Dominion Voting Systems, the voting technology company that was at the center of controversy and false stolen-election claims after President...

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Kelly, Gallego confront Speaker Johnson outside his office

Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) got in a confrontation Wednesday with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after they staged a surprise...

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Johnson, in shift, signals no vote during shutdown for military pay

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday signaled opposition to moving a stand-alone bill to pay military service members during a government...

08.10.2025 2

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GOP leaders point to Capitol Police missed paychecks as shutdown drags on

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) are directing attention to looming missed pay for Capitol...

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House GOP leaders urge unity in shutdown canceled-votes strategy

House Republican leaders urged unity in their shutdown fight against Democrats on a call with GOP members Saturday morning, with members on the call...

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House GOP considers canceling more votes if shutdown continues

House Republican leaders are considering staying out of town and canceling previously scheduled votes next week if the government shutdown continues,...

03.10.2025 3

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White House's shutdown layoff threats, funding freezes unnerve some Republicans

The Trump administration’s plans to lay off thousands of federal workers and freeze federal grants during the government shutdown are getting...

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Johnson tells Jeffries to ‘just ignore’ Trump’s sombrero memes: ‘These are sideshows’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) that he should ignore the AI-doctored videos President Trump has...

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Republican leaders dig in on pressuring Democrats to open government

Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government,...

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Johnson: Shutdown 'ultimately could be a benefit' if Trump administration eliminates programs

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that the government shutdown could “ultimately could be a benefit” to taxpayers if the Trump...

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When will shutdown end? Lawmakers have no clue

The intense partisan politics that drove Washington into a shutdown are making the path out of it hard to see. It's a stare-down, and one side has to...

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House GOP leaders rally their members ahead of expected shutdown

House Republican leaders rallied their members ahead of a government shutdown deadline this week, telling members in a Monday conference call to stay...

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Government shutdown looms: What to know about closures, payments and more

A government shutdown starting on Wednesday is looking probable as Democrats in Congress push Republicans on funding, health care, and President...

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Trump to meet with Schumer, Jeffries, Johnson, Thune ahead of shutdown deadline

President Trump is set to meet with the top four leaders in Congress on Monday ahead of a Tuesday shutdown deadline, a notable shift after he canceled...

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Conservative leaders urge Trump to let healthcare tax credits expire

Leaders from 35 conservative organizations are urging President Trump to allow Affordable Care Act subsidies to expire at the end of the year rather...

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Deadly ICE shooting prompts partisan rush to assign blame

Politicians and commentators rushed to assign a motive in a Wednesday morning shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in...

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Johnson questions if Schumer, Jeffries, Trump meeting ‘necessary’ to avoid shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday questioned whether a meeting between President Trump and the top two Democratic leaders in Congress is...

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Republicans grapple with backlash over tabling Omar censure brought by Mace

The four Republicans who voted with Democrats against reprimanding Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) over comments about Charlie Kirk are getting excoriated...

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GOP Whip Emmer floats changing fiscal calendar as shutdown deadline approaches

Related Video: SHUTDOWN Looms As Senate REJECTS Dueling Funding Bills House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) on Friday floated changing the structure...

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House Republicans pass stopgap spending bill, set up shutdown fight with Senate

House Republicans on Friday approved a short-term government spending package to avert a shutdown at month’s end, sending the bill to the Senate and...

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House to vote on CR in race to avoid government shutdown

The first partisan showdown over an end-of-month government funding deadline is set to take place on the House floor on Friday, with a vote on a...

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House GOP plan would jam Senate Democrats with funding stopgap

House Republican leaders are telling members that the chamber may not return until after Oct. 1 after passing a short term funding stopgap, a House...

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Brett Horton: Chief of staff, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.)

As House Republican leaders charted the course to pass the biggest legislation of President Trump’s second term through the special reconciliation...

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House Republicans advance funding stopgap, tee up vote this week

House Republicans on Wednesday advanced a funding stopgap to avert an end-of-month government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the continuing...

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House tables Mace push to remove Omar from committees over Kirk comments

The House on Wednesday voted to table a resolution brought forward by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) to formally reprimand Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and...

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House passes 2 bills overhauling DC sentencing policies

The House passed two bills on Tuesday to assert congressional control over the District of Columbia’s sentencing policies, the first portion of a...

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GOP rebels extract tariff concession from House leaders 

A handful of House Republicans extracted concessions from House GOP leaders on tariff policy after rebelling on a procedural vote Tuesday. GOP leaders...

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Right adopts take-no-prisoners approach to 'radical left' after Charlie Kirk killing

The staunchest conservative activists and politicians are rallying behind a clear response to Charlie Kirk’s killing: Do everything possible to...

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