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Trump's grip on GOP lawmakers shows signs of slipping amid election year

President Trump’s ironclad grip on Congress is beginning to show signs of strain, as Republicans increasingly break from him in major legislative...

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House passes first fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill

The House on Friday passed its first appropriations bill for fiscal year 2027 with bipartisan support, marking an early step in the annual government...

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House aims for housing bill vote next week, setting up clash with Senate

The House is moving ahead with a vote next week on an amended bipartisan housing bill, even after President Trump pressured the lower chamber to pass...

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House Republicans divided over ballroom security funding

House Republicans are split over the White House’s proposal to allocate $1 billion in security funding for a new White House ballroom and other...

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House unanimously passes resolution urging Trump to secure release of detainees in China

The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging President Trump to push to secure the release of five people detained in China. The...

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Trump, Senate ramp up pressure on the House to pass housing bill

President Trump and Senate Republicans are intensifying pressure on the House to pass a housing bill that has stalled for months amid opposition from...

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Luna says she would oppose advancing Senate-passed housing bill that Trump endorsed

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would oppose advancing a long-stalled Senate-passed housing bill if it came to the floor, despite President...

12.05.2026 4

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Republicans race for legislative wins ahead of midterms

Republicans are scrambling to secure more legislative wins this summer as the issue of affordability increasingly becomes a liability heading into...

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This week on the hill: Congress returns from recess facing high-stakes fights

Congress returns from its one-week recess to a packed agenda, diving back into many of the same high-stakes issues that dominated lawmakers’...

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GOP braces for high-stakes 2027 spending fight with midterms looming

The hard-fought clash over 2026 appropriations may have just ended, but House GOP leaders aren't getting any respite as they plunge into the battle...

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Fight over sexual misconduct cases in Congress poised to intensify

The battle over sexual misconduct on Capitol Hill is primed to escalate. For much of this year, the focus of efforts to curtail sexual wrongdoing has...

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Democrats rail against Lutnick interview on Epstein as 'egregious cover-up'

House Democrats on Wednesday blasted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, arguing...

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Comer says Lutnick 'wasn't 100 percent truthful' about being on Epstein's island ahead of interview

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony...

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Johnson faces tough road when bills that split GOP return to House

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) notched a series of wins last week by muscling several key bills through the House, but the road ahead is littered with...

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Crypto fight at center of FISA extension poised to escalate

A bid by hard-line conservatives to pass a measure banning the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) fell short, but the...

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Path forward on reconciliation 2.0 steep with challenges

The House took a major step in passing a Senate bipartisan bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday, but the tougher...

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House passes sprawling farm bill despite GOP infighting

The House on Thursday passed a major bill reauthorizing agricultural and food programs for the next five years, overcoming GOP infighting that delayed...

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Johnson quashes farm bill rebellion to pass budget blueprint for reconciliation 2.0

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday quashed a rebellion over the farm bill to allow the House to adopt a budget blueprint for a second...

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Pro-pesticide provisions complicate farm bill's passage

A contentious pro-pesticide provision in the farm bill could create hurdles to the legislation moving through the House, as lawmakers aligned with the...

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Florida Republican announces he will retire from House after term ends

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection after his term ends, joining the dozens of Republicans who are choosing to...

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Johnson hits mounting roadblocks in race to reopen DHS

The weekend shooting at a press gala attended by President Trump is creating new headaches for House GOP leaders as they scramble to reopen the...

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Johnson says he has 'modified' version of Senate DHS bipartisan bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that a bipartisan Senate bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) includes...

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This week on The Hill: Lawmakers head into 'hell week' with FISA and reconciliation 2.0

The House is heading into a high-stakes week, as lawmakers juggle a budget blueprint for a second reconciliation bill alongside a measure to extend...

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Johnson faces pressure from all sides as funding to pay DHS workers dwindles

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is facing pressure from all sides as he insists on passing a GOP-only bill to fund immigration enforcement before taking...

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Mills-Mace feud blows up into tit-for-tat expulsion threats

A simmering feud between Reps. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) has roared back up to a boil, escalating to tit-for-tat threats of...

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Emmer warns Ilhan Omar will 'be held accountable' if found to have committed fraud

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will “be held accountable to the fullest extent” if it is...

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Johnson faces political gauntlet as legislative fights collide

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is barreling toward a brutal end-of-the-month crunch, juggling a slate of high-stakes legislative fights with...

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Nancy Mace introduces resolution to expel Cory Mills from the House

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution on Monday to expel Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), who is facing a wide swath of allegations, from...

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This week on The Hill: Senate takes first steps on reconciliation 2.0

The Senate is expected to vote as early as this week on a budget blueprint for a second reconciliation bill that includes funding for Immigration and...

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10 Republicans help Democrats pass resolution extending TPS protections for Haitian migrants

The House on Thursday passed a resolution requiring the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants after a small...

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Raskin introduces long-shot bill to assess president’s fitness under 25th Amendment

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill on Tuesday that would establish a commission to...

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Speaker Johnson: Cherfilus-McCormick ‘should be expelled’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he thinks the House will agree that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) should be expelled from Congress. His...

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Swalwell, Gonzales exits shift spotlight to other embattled lawmakers

The dual announcements from Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Monday that they plan to exit Congress have shifted the...

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Rep. Luna: ‘I think the votes are there’ to expel Swalwell and Gonzales

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she thinks there is enough support in the House to expel Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales...

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This Week on the Hill: 6 big fights Congress faces as it returns

Lawmakers are returning to Washington after a two-week recess to a packed and politically fraught agenda. The weekend saw a growing wave of bipartisan...

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Democrats intensify calls to oust Trump over Iran threats

More than 70 Democrats in Congress are calling for President Trump’s removal over his blistering threats against Iran and handling of the military...

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GOP lawmakers praise Trump Iran deal but caution about path forward

Republicans are hailing President Trump’s two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, but many caution the temporary and fragile truce is only a first step...

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House Republican breaks with Trump, says he doesn’t support destruction of a 'whole civilization'

Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) said Tuesday he doesn’t support President Trump’s threat that a “whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of...

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GOP patience with Iran operation growing thinner as Trump escalates tensions

Some Republican lawmakers are growing wary about the military conflict in Iran, which has entered its sixth week and could escalate further after...

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Democrats fume at White House budget request: 'Bleak and unacceptable'

Democrats on Friday blasted the White House’s fiscal 2027 budget request, warning that it fails to address the needs of Americans and undermines...

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Republicans worry about uphill climb in paying for next GOP-only bill

Fiscal hawks are airing concerns about finding cuts to offset the spending in a second GOP-only package Republicans are looking to assemble, which...

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DHS spending fight hits a wall after tumultuous day: Five takeaways

The House and Senate both passed legislation on Friday to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end one of the longest government...

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House Republicans flee Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction

An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) bid to fend...

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House passes measure to fund DHS as senators struggle to reach deal

The House on Thursday passed a GOP-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a third time, as lawmakers struggle to find a...

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Conservatives shoot down Senate off-ramp on SAVE America Act

Conservatives in both chambers are sharply shooting down the idea of trying to advance key provisions of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility...

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Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘Not my preference’ to split DHS funding bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Tuesday that it’s not his “preference” to split apart a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

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Speaker Mike Johnson: ‘Not my preference’ to split DHS funding bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Tuesday that it’s not his “preference” to split apart a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

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This week on the hill: Marathon debate on SAVE America Act enters second week

The Senate’s marathon debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is set to enter its second week, as President Trump and...

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Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the...

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House passes bill that would deport noncitizens for harming police animals

The House on Thursday passed a bill that would make foreign nationals and noncitizens inadmissible to the U.S. and subject to deportation if they are...

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