The Republican leadership of the House of Representatives pushed aside concern regarding the GOP’s “small majority.” Republicans currently hold a 220-215 majority over Democrats in the House despite a net loss of one House seat in the 2024 elections.
President Donald Trump's inaugural address was punctuated by several false or misleading claims, many of which he has made before.
Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress.
U.S. House GOP leaders hold a briefing with Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise. Watch LIVE here.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday said Republican leaders agreed to move President Trump’s legislative agenda in one sweeping bill, a development he shared with reporters after top GOP lawmakers huddled at the White House with the president.
U.S. House GOP leaders hold a briefing with Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise. Watch LIVE here.
This is the easiest way to unravel a constitutional democracy: You turn democracy against the constitution, by claiming that an election gave the winner a mandate to suspend or ignore laws. In reality, Americans gave Trump no such mandate. Multiple polls have found that they oppose pardons for people convicted of violent crimes on January 6th.
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.
Donald Trump made sweeping pardons for those involved in the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol during his first day back in office, a move widely pushed back on by both sides of the aisle. House speaker Mike Johnson was not part of that pushback though, saying it wasn’t “my place” to do so — prompting Stephen Colbert to guffaw on Wednesday night.
By The Associated Press Donald Trump began his first day as the 47th president of the United States with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his
As for the fire-aid-for-debt-limit trade, GOP lawmakers who first raised the idea with Trump at recent Mar-a-Lago meetings said he was interested in the prospect at the time. That would mean making a debt limit hike part of a larger agreement around the bipartisan government funding talks.
Reports surfaced suggesting that Lauren Sanchez’s dress resembled an outfit she wore at the 2024 Forbes Power Women’s Summit in September