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Mike Johnson Steps Aside as House GOP Leader as Scalise and Jordan Race to Replace Him
Johnson won't run for minority leader after Republicans lost the House, setting up a second contest between Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan.
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PoliticsJeffries Says Democrats Are 'On the Verge' of Retaking the House as He Works the Suburbs
Campaigning in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the House minority leader declined to predict a seat count, while Speaker Johnson says control will come down to about 22 'jump-ball' districts.
PoliticsTrump Was Asked Whether AI Should Slow Down
A day after Anthropic's CEO said the industry needs to hit the brakes, and Musk and Altman agreed, the president told reporters in Ireland he won't cede America's edge to China. Kevin Hassett says White House meetings start this week.
PoliticsMike Johnson Just Erased Eight Voting Days. The House Has Four Left Before the Midterms
Republican leaders scrapped the last two weeks of September, sending members home until after the November 3 election. Days earlier the speaker had promised the House would work every day on the calendar.
PoliticsThe Senate Voted 90-6 to Fund the Government Into December. The House Already Passed Something Else
Senators cleared a bipartisan stopgap through Dec. 11 before leaving for a five-week recess, but the House passed its own partisan version — and one grant-rule provision could cost Republican votes.
PoliticsHouse Passes $1.1 Trillion Pentagon Bill and a Blueprint to Unlock $70 Billion More for the Iran War
Two razor-thin votes — 216-212 and 216-214 — sent the defense authorization and a reconciliation framework to a Senate where Republicans still need Democratic votes they do not have.
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GOP Agenda Grinds to a Halt as Republicans Dread a Shutdown Fight Before the Midterms
With government funding set to lapse Sept. 30 and Speaker Mike Johnson sending the House home without a defense bill, Republicans fear another Democratic opening just weeks before the November elections.
PoliticsGOP Rebels Sink Defense-Bill Vote Over Trump's Voting Overhaul, Sending House Home Early
Fourteen Republicans joined Democrats to block a procedural rule, stalling the must-pass NDAA and forcing Speaker Mike Johnson to start the July Fourth recess without action.
PoliticsSpeaker Johnson's 'Rededicate 250' Prayer Rally on the National Mall Sparks Church-State Backlash
A Christian revival event tied to America's 250th anniversary and headlined by the House speaker drew tens of thousands to the Mall, with critics calling it a 'government-run church service.'
PoliticsGOP Leaders Unveil Two-Track Plan to End Record 47-Day DHS Shutdown as TSA Workers Go Unpaid
Senate Majority Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson announced a deal to separately fund DHS and ICE — with Trump backing the framework and demanding border agency funding by June 1.
Top NewsHouse Fails to Act on Homeland Security Funding as Shutdown Continues
Speaker Mike Johnson's deal to fund DHS without immigration enforcement money stalls amid opposition from conservative Republicans.
WatchTop NewsDHS Shutdown Enters Day 42 — Now the Longest in U.S. History — as 510 TSA Officers Quit and Airports Descend Into Chaos
With no deal in sight after the House passed a bill the Senate calls dead on arrival, the standoff over immigration agency funding has shattered the record for the longest government shutdown in American history, leaving airports reeling.
Top NewsHouse GOP Advances Its Own 60-Day DHS Stopgap, Scheduling Late-Night Vote as Shutdown Hits Day 42
Speaker Johnson rejected the Senate's partial DHS deal and moved to a procedural vote on a full-agency, two-month funding bill that includes ICE, CBP, and a voter ID requirement Senate Democrats have vowed to block.
WatchTop NewsHouse GOP Rejects Senate DHS Bill, Calls It 'a Joke' as Shutdown Enters Day 42
Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a 60-day stopgap to fund ICE and border patrol — a plan Senate Democrats declared dead on arrival — as TSA call-outs hit a record 11.83% and 510 officers have quit.
