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The move passed by a margin of one vote.
The White House said the exclusion of humanitarian aid for Gaza from the package approved by Republicans in the House is a “grave mistake."
The Louisiana Republican, his party's fourth nominee after the previous candidates failed to get enough votes, will succeed Kevin McCarthy, who was...
The GOP infighting shows no end as Mike Johnson becomes the fourth Republican nominee for House speaker.
The House GOP whip reversed course after Donald Trump objected to his nomination and House hardliners denied the the votes he would need for the...
For more than two weeks the stalemate has shut down the U.S. House, leaving a seat of American democracy severely hobbled at a time of challenges.
President Joe Biden is delivering only the second Oval Office address of his term to make the case for billions more for Israel and Ukraine.
The Ohio representative refused to drop out in a closed door meeting at the Capitol, according to Republicans who attended.
The novel concept of boosting the interim speaker's role was gaining favor with a pair of high-profile Republicans: Former speakers Newt Gingrich and...
The House, narrowly split between Democrats and Republicans, is going into its second week without a speaker and is essentially unable to function.
Next steps are uncertain as the House is essentially closed while Republicans try to elect a speaker after ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job.
Scalise needs to peel more than 100 votes, mostly from his chief rival, Rep. Jim Jordan, who is favored among GOP hardliners.
In private balloting at the Capitol, House Republicans pushed aside Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman.
The package drops aid to Ukraine but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion.
“We’re going to do our job,” McCarthy said before the House vote. “We’re going to be adults in the room. And we’re going to keep...
The sudden House action would fund government at current 2023 levels for 45 days, through Nov. 17.
Asked if he had the votes, McCarthy quipped, “We'll see.”
The Republican speaker laid out his strategy Wednesday behind closed doors, urging his unruly Republican majority to work together.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means curtailing federal services for...
The White House will tell federal agencies on Friday to prepare for a shutdown, according to an official with the Office of Management and Budget....
From the 80-year-old president to the 81-year-old senator who had to deny he was having seizure or strokes, DC is grappling with a gerontocracy...