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Mike Johnson, the 52-year-old Republican from Louisiana, was re-elected as Speaker of the House on Friday after going through a tense day of voting and GOP dissent. Initially facing resistance …

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House Republicans, led by Speaker Mike Johnson, have introduced a three-month stopgap bill aimed at averting a government shutdown at the end of September. This move comes after the failure …

President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday to end a four-day partial government shutdown. The move came just hours after the House narrowly passed the funding package in a 217–214 vote. …

Image Attribution: GatewayPolitics, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Republican Matt Van Epps won the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. He defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn in a closely …

The federal government shutdown is set to enter its third week after the Senate once again rejected a Republican-backed measure to fund the government.  Lawmakers voted Tuesday on a short-term …

Texas Democrats have returned to Austin. Their return ends a two-week standoff that had stalled the state legislature and blocked Republicans from advancing a new congressional redistricting map. The move …

In a decisive bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly defeated an effort by progressive Democrat Rep. Al Green (D-TX) to impeach President Donald Trump over recent U.S. military strikes …

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LOS ANGELES, CA — Violent protests erupted for a third straight day in Los Angeles as demonstrators opposing federal immigration enforcement clashed with law enforcement, blocked major freeways, and set …