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President-elect Donald Trump is calling on eager Texans to consider a primary challenge to conservative Rep. Chip Roy. “Chip Roy is just another ambitious guy, with no talent,” Trump wrote…

Speaker Mike Johnson is bending to President-elect Donald Trump’s demands in his latest bid to avoid a government shutdown in less than 36 hours and help save his job. GOP…

House Republicans are eyeing an alternative government funding stopgap that excludes a debt ceiling increase, and are instead working on a commitment to raise the borrowing limit twice next year…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) dismissed President-elect Trump’s demand to increase the debt ceiling, saying he was a “hard pass” on the idea. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to…

More than half of Americans are optimistic about the coming year, a new Marist survey reports. Fifty-six percent of respondents said they were optimistic about 2025, compared to the 43…

(NewsNation) — A Republican U.S. senator has floated the idea of Elon Musk taking over as Speaker of the House as threats of a government shutdown loom. Kentucky Sen. Rand…

High prices may have cost Democrats the election, but the U.S. economy has powered through 2024 with better-than-expected growth. And now President-elect Donald Trump is poised to inherit it. GDP…

The Senate is in limbo as it waits for the House to piece together its crumbling government-funding strategy. Soon-to-be GOP Leader John Thune told reporters Thursday morning his understanding is…

After seeing a youth welfare bill she advocated for pass Congress, Paris Hilton says she could potentially envision herself running for public office. “After coming here so many times over…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to shut down Republicans’ push to raise the debt ceiling in a Thursday morning social media post. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise…

(The Hill) — The Wisconsin assembly is slated to introduce a new committee modeled after the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) which was created to reduce “wasteful spending.” State…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day prior, accusing GOP leaders of…

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appeared caught off guard on Wednesday as President-elect Trump demanded that a debt ceiling hike be paired with a stopgap government funding bill,…

Senate Republicans from regions affected by hurricanes and other storms are warning negotiators against stripping disaster funding from the stopgap spending bill that is suddenly in turmoil after President-elect Trump…

Vice President-elect JD Vance met with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday night, hours after President-elect Trump torpedoed the GOP leader’s spending deal. Vance was in Johnson’s office for nearly…