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With a final margin of control yet to be determined, party leaders warn any more picks from the House could backfire.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is carefully avoiding tying himself to a position on government funding that President-elect Trump could publicly denounce or destroy.Why it matters: Johnson's majority for the GOP in the House will be tiny (as small as a 2-vote margin) — and that's if Trump stops hiring House lawmakers for administration jobs.Government funding expires in December. GOP leaders preferred a funding stopgap to March. But House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) is floating funding through September.If Trump does keep raiding the House, many of those seats will be filled by the fall. The reinforcements might not be there by March.Johnson doesn't expect any other House members to get Trump gigs, he said Tuesday.Between the lines: Johnson will have zero room for error in January's speaker race.Scalise — who broke the ice on September vs. March in comments to Punchbowl News — can take that heat and be fine. He only has to win a majority vote on Wednesday to keep his gig.✈️ That leaves Johnson in the position of figuring out what Trump wants, or at least what he'll accept.Trump's "preference" on timing for government funding will "carry a lot of weight," Johnson told reporters Tuesday.Johnson will meet Trump Wednesday in the Capitol, then be with Trump in Florida on Thursday and over the weekend.The bottom line: Any Johnson deal will be with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who's getting his last real crack at government funding for at least two years.He's unlikely to accept a clean funding extension when he's still got leverage, a source familiar with Schumer's thinking told us.Look for Democrats to demand a price — such as extra cash for FEMA's disaster relief fund — in exchange for a Johnson-friendly deal.

Democrat Cleo Fields has won a Louisiana congressional race in a recently redrawn second majority-Black district

House Republicans need to pick up just four additional seats to secure control over the chamber, with 18 races remaining to be called.

The 118th Congress is likely to have at least one final political standoff before the balance of power shifts, and it's over how to fund the federal government through September 2025.

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House Republicans appear to be closing in on keeping the majority as several key races in the West remain outstanding.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the current House GOP leadership are urging their colleagues to reelect them to the same positions in the next Congress, another sign that Republicans believe they will again control the lower chamber.

The far-right conservative and staunch Donald Trump loyalist fended off a serious challenge by Democrat Janelle Stelson.

House Republican leaders expressed confidence they will control the lower chamber next year during a private conference call Thursday, even as some races remain too close to call. That sentiment was conveyed by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, who ticked through a number of races on the call, [...]

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will take up the fight over Louisiana’s congressional map, which has erupted into a messy legal battle over racial gerrymandering. The court’s decision will not impact this year’s elections, as the justices previously allowed the legislature’s new map that includes a second majority-Black district to move forward until they [...]

The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

The House Committee on Administration has subpoenaed fundraising giant ActBlue, and top Republicans are supporting the move.

Both on the airwaves and the campaign trail, it’s time for candidates and campaigns to make their final pitches and make sure their voters turn out. It’s already past the time when the U.S. Postal Service says it is safe to mail ballots — especially in states with requirements that ballots be received, rather than [...]The post At the Races: Closing time appeared first on Roll Call.

Tom Barrett, center, Republican candidate for Michigan's 7th District, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, and Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., take a tour of the Southeast Michigan Construction Academy in Madison Heights, Mich., on Tuesday.

Former President Trump is campaigning for vulnerable New York Republicans Saturday night at a rally alongside GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik.

House Republicans are bracing for potential leadership shake-ups in the coming weeks, a post-election scramble that will heavily depend on who wins control of the lower chamber and White House in November. The biggest wildcard is what Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will do. The Louisiana Republican has said he wants to continue to lead the [...]

'Lobbyists will often leverage relationships'

Earlier this year, a reporter at NBC News posted on X that she’s “not sure [she] will ever recover from learning” that a colleague gets restaurant recommendations from Federal Election Commission filings, the periodic reports that reveal how candidates for...

On Oct. 3, 2023, the House of Representatives voted to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker. The vote—initiated by a Republican and occurring under a Republican majority—marked the embarrassing fall of a figure who was once touted as one of the party’s promising “Young Guns.”McCarthy’s shot at leading the House came after a disappointing 2022 election cycle for the GOP, despite securing a narrow majority. Before the election, many expected a “red wave” of votes for Republicans, but after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to abortion in June 2022, the wave became a trickle.It took 15 rounds of votes in the House for McCarthy to secure the votes necessary for him to become speaker. In each round, Democrats held firm in support of their chosen leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.The process to remove McCarthy was initiated by Rep. Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who is best known for his alleged involvement in sex parties and affiliation with a onetime associate convicted of sex trafficking. Gaetz’s motion to vacate the speakership succeeded with a vote of 216-210.Gaetz was upset that under McCarthy, the House had passed a resolution funding the federal government that was ultimately signed by President Joe Biden. The bill had bipartisan support, with a majority of Republicans and Democrats backing it, but it was opposed by the party’s more conservative factions.Then came chaos.

Democrats on Wednesday attempted to censure Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La.

A stopgap measure generally funds agencies at current levels through Dec. 20.

A stopgap measure generally funds agencies at current levels through Dec. 20.

One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate. Johnson is preparing to lead...

Though thwarted well before the assailant could get off a shot, reports of a second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump caused quite the shock, even if it did not make for a complete surprise.

The Secret Service was not made aware that a local agency that was providing support to the Secret Service, according to the report.

The House of Representatives passed the Congressional Review Act resolution on Friday to block the Environmental Protection Agency's new emissions standards.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation’s presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It’s unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference.

Lawmakers in talks to find out whether U.S. Secret Service needs additional resources.

The White House has not said whether it supports the bill, which would plug a $2.9 billion shortfall for 2024.

An agent spotted a rifle barrel poking through a fence; a witness got a photo of the suspect’s license plate as he fled. Now Ryan Wesley Routh is facing federal charges.

A reporter prepares a question for President Joe Biden before he spoke with reporters Monday on the South Lawn of the White House about the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Trump does not have the same level of Secret Service protection as a sitting president, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Sunday.

NEW YORK -- Sarah Palin on Wednesday won her bid for a new trial against the New York Times over an editorial that the former Alaska governor said was defamatory.

Top House Republicans warned members on Thursday that they need to ramp up their fundraising efforts due to the influx of cash Democrats have seen since the Biden-Harris swap, multiple sources told Axios. Why it matters: Leadership told GOP lawmakers they need to present a unified front, and haul in fundraising, during the final stretch of the election. NRCC Chairman Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said on a Thursday conference call that the GOP faces a new reality, but they still have a path to picking up seats, a source on the call told Axios.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — who transferred an additional $4 million to the House GOP campaign arm — stressed on the call he is committed to continuing to cross the country to raise cash and campaign with candidate. "Lots of talk about Dem fundraising. And we need to kick it into high gear," one lawmaker told Axios.Inside the call: Hudson told members: "Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are the most left-wing ticket in history. If we aren't disciplined in repeating that message – we could lose this country. " House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told members that he won't bring divisive bills to the floor in September, saying that they need to have unifying bills upon returning from recess, two sources confirmed. The big picture: The political climate has dramatically changed since Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic presidential nominee, with Republicans looking for new ways to keep their base enthused and sway swing voters.

Non-black voters contested the redistricting plan that added an extra black-majority district, saying it was racially discriminatory.

'You have missed the point'

House Republicans are canceling votes next week and starting their August recess early as the party struggles to pass its remaining annual government funding bills. GOP leadership confirmed the schedule change on Wednesday, a day before the last votes of the month are now expected. The House is scheduled to return in early September. Leaders [...]

"They’re wrong in their own instincts," ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says of racist claims

House Republicans’ ambitious hopes of passing their annual government funding bills by next week are quickly crumbling as a tight schedule and intraparty rifts threaten efforts to approve their spending blueprints for 2025. Republicans had previously aimed to have all 12 annual funding bills pass by the August recess. But the timeline has been slipping [...]

The GOP's anti-immigrant messaging resonates more with the current electorate than in past years, Vox senior politics reporter Christian Paz writes.

Here's how Republican Senators and members of Congress are reacting to the president's decision to leave the race just weeks before the Democratic Convention.

The letter is the first official update about the former president's condition since the night of the shooting.

The arm of the Secret Service that protects presidents is nearly 10 percent smaller than it was a decade ago despite warnings from Congress that it needs to add agents or risk compromising its mission.

Appearing on MSNBC's "The Katie Phang Show," former GOP campaign consultant Tara Setmayer claimed the choice of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) should come as no surprise due to his attitude toward women's rights.Speaking with the host, Setmayer pinned the label "mega MAGA misogynist" before documenting the Ohio Republican's history and what could happen if the Trump team wins in November.According to both the host and Setmayer, the GOP convention was a decidedly anti-woman affair.Pointingto the choice of Vance as a running mate, Setmayer stated, "This is the direction they are going in."RELATED: Trump now bleeding support in GOP-dominated state as more women voters gravitate to Biden "It's a a big 'FU' to women whose rights are literally under assault," she continued. "This election is about life or death for women in America and the attacks on our freedom."For her part, host Phang once again noted that the Trump campaign, with the selection of Vance" is treating American voters as if they are dumb, a point she took up earlier on MSNBC's "The Weekend."Watch below or at the link. Tara Setmayer on JD Vance: ‘You have a full mega-MAGA-misogynist ticket’youtu.be

Taking to both TikTok and Instagram, Donald Trump's niece, psychologist Mary Trump, took some shots at MSNBC host Katy Tur for her commentary during the recently concluded Republican National Convention where she told viewers that she felt the former president appeared to be humbled after an assassination attempt one week ago.Tur, a frequent target on social media for what is considered to be her glossing over Trump's copious issues, this week told viewers she was seeing a Trump she had never seen before, telling co-host Chris Jansing, that the former president looked "serene" at the convention.According to Mary Trump, MSNBC viewers should be skeptical of Tur's observations about her uncle."Despite having no evidence for making this claim, Katy Tur of MSNBC said during Donald Trump's first appearance at the Republican convention, that he was humbled," Mary Trump observed.ALSO READ: How much access did $50,000 buy someone at the Republican National Convention?"Okay," she continued. "First of all, this is non-journalism, this is evidence-free supposition. Second, considering the man doesn't have an ounce of humility in his entire body, that is a bit of stretch — seriously.""I mean there is no circumstance under which this man has ever felt humility or been humbled," the ex-president's niece continued before showing a picture of a smirking Trump in his convention box. "That is the look of a man who is completely and pleasantly shocked he keeps getting away with everything," she pointed out.You can watch the video below which was also posted to X or at the link: — (@)

On Saturday morning on MSNBC, former prosecutor Katie Phang and ex-RNC chair Michael Steele both suggested there was more than a hint of collusion that led to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Judge Aileen Cannon to issue her ruling dismissing the obstruction of justice charges filed against Donald Trump on the same day the Republican National Convention convened.Phang, appearing on Steele's "The Weekend," said the timing was very suspicious coming from a judge most famous for dragging her feet on the DOJ case filed against the man who placed her on the bench with a lifetime appointment.Noting that Cannon's opinion that special counsel Jack Smith was unconstitutionally appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland was the basis for the dismissal of the case related to stolen government documents hoarded at Mar-a-Lago, ex-prosecutor Phang said everything about Cannon's performance deserves scrutiny.RELATED: 'Judicial malpractice': Judge Cannon accused of boosting 'wacky or unfounded arguments'Add to that, the timing of the dismissal."Why not dispose of that issue in February? We hear the oral argument including friends of the court which never happens," she began. "This is at the end of June, the beginning of July and then she sits on a 93-page opinion for that long?""But the reality is once [Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas gave her the green light to file her dismissal, that is when she did it," she added. "And for her to drop that on the first day of the RNC stinks. Something is rotten in Denmark, and I'm going to say it is Aileen Cannon."Host Steele agreed, interjecting, "I am with you on that one because the timing and the process, the level of, you know, coordination is the only word that comes to mind."Watch below or at the link. MSNBC 07 20 2024 09 42 47www.youtube.com

A multi-millionaire who was a key Donald Trump ally pushing election theft conspiracy rumors after the former president's 2020 loss is already laying the groundwork for 2024 chaos by providing financial support to groups pushing more fringe theories.According to a report from the Guardian's Peter Stone, former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne is sinking millions into the Pro-MAGA America Project which is then being dispensed to groups in the key states of Arizona and Michigan among others.In a previous interview, Byrnes was upfront in admitting that only $3 million of the $30 million funding for America Project came from the public while he donated the other 90 percent.According to the Guardian's Stone, "The America Project was launched in April 2021 by Byrne and Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to Donald Trump when he was president; both Byrne and Flynn have been vocal purveyors of falsehoods that Trump lost the 2020 election due to fraud. They were also both at a meeting with Trump and others in late 2020 to brainstorm ways to overturn his loss."ALSO READ: Trump now bleeding support in GOP-dominated state as more women voters gravitate to BidenThe report notes that tax records reveal the organization has "sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Arizona-based We the People AZ Alliance, and Michigan-based United States Election Investigation and Lawsuits Inc, triggering alarms by election watchdogs and some GOP veterans due to their incendiary election denialist stances and leaders."This has led Michael Beckel, research director at Issue One, to raise a red flag."At a time when people across the political spectrum should be standing up to defend the integrity of our safe and secure elections, election deniers have used the We the People AZ Alliance to further erode trust in elections," he warned.You can read more here.

The deadline for candidates to qualify for Louisiana’s six congressional races has concluded, marking the unofficial intensifying of campaign season and cementing who will be on the November ballot. In a pivotal election year, most eyes are on the race...

Right-wing extremists were just as likely to commit violent acts as those motivated by Islamic extremism, the researchers found. Left-wing extremists were a distant third.