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Republicans on Capitol Hill are staring down a key three-week stretch in their effort to enact President Trump’s ambitious tax agenda, with hopes that the House will be able to advance a compromise budget resolution at its conclusion to keep pace with the party’s aggressive timeline. Senate Republicans last month adopted a budget resolution for [...]

Under the spell of Trumpian populism, the Republican Party has increasingly become hostile to fiscal responsibility and free markets.

Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for President Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government as lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding. Conservatives in both chambers have been ramping up calls for Congress to codify cuts pursued by Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), particularly as the administration’s efforts encounter roadblocks [...]

A stronger firearm access prevention bill in Virginia will save lives if Gov. Youngkin signs it, Paul Nestadt and Alex McCourt of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, write.

A government shutdown has officially been averted, as President Donald Trump signs the continuing resolution into law.

The vote was 54-46. Democrats voiced frustration that Republicans went ahead with a measure they said included little input from them.

“I believe it is my job to make the best choice for the country, to minimize the harms to the American people. Therefore, I will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down,” Schumer said Thursday on the Senate floor.

Senate Democrats are in a politically precarious position after the House passed a stopgap bill to avoid a government shutdown.

One House Republican, Rep. Tom Massie, R-Ky., voted against the legislation.

“We're choosing between awful and terrible,” one Senate Democrat lamented of efforts to stave off a government shutdown.

House Republicans on Tuesday advanced their bill to avert an end-of-the-week government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation later in the day. The chamber voted 216-214 to adopt a rule — which governs debate on legislation — for Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) continuing resolution. The measure would keep the government funded through Sept. [...]

Speaker Mike Johnson conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise also appear.

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government.

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government.

Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) is a step closer to winning confirmation to lead the Department of Labor after the Senate on Thursday voted on a bipartisan basis to advance her nomination. Senators voted 66-30 to limit debate on the nomination, paving the way for Chavez-DeRemer to be confirmed when the chamber reconvenes next week. [...]

Trump had previously said he wanted 'one, big, beautiful bill,' but indicated on Feb. 21 that he would accept multiple bills if necessary.

'Hold public health agencies accountable'

Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote. The early Friday vote was a key step toward providing money the Trump administration says it needs funds for mass deportations and...

'They do not support these goals'

Democrats used the overnight Senate session as a platform for their outrage over what President Donald Trump has wrought.

Out of power in the Senate and serving likely his last term, Sen. Mitch McConnell has often found himself on an island among Republicans in opposition to Trump.

Trump and allied Republicans aim to cast aside the party’s long-held antipathy toward unions and lure more voters.

Arab Americans for Trump is changing its name to Arab Americans for Peace after President Donald Trump's proposal that the U.S. "take over" the Gaza Strip.

Greer previously served as the chief of staff to the trade representative during President Donald Trump's first administration.

President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation-building.

President Donald Trump promised voters an administration that wouldn’t waste precious American lives and taxpayer treasure on far-off wars and nation building. But just weeks into his second go-around in the White House, the Republican leader laid out plans to...

Aftershocks reverberated Wednesday from President Trump’s declaration the previous day that the United States should take “long-term ownership” of Gaza and that the Palestinians who live there should be moved. The position, outlined during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to upend the framework of U.S. policy in the region, which has been [...]

What’s that old definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result? Enter Kentucky.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., issued subpoenas to 14 agencies from the outgoing Biden administration in his effort to continue investigating the origins of the COVID pandemic and taxpayer-funded gain-of-function research.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services will appear before two panels on Jan. 29 and Jan. 30.

Sen. Rand Paul has declared that he will not support President Donald Trump's Labor secretary nominee former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

'With Vought heading OMB, the American people will have a fighter'

Fauci says he has continued to face death threats for his role during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Senate committee cleared President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with a bipartisan vote, paving the way for a Senate floor vote. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) by a 13-2 vote. The vote in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental [...]

Biden also pardoned five members of his family during the final minutes of his presidency.

Republican lawmakers are in an uproar over President Biden's decision to pardon allies targeted by President-elect Trump's circle.

Noem was chosen by the president-elect to lead the department responsible for immigration and border-related actions that will be central to his plans for mass deportations and tightened border access.

Republicans are eager to confirm Trump picks as soon as possible so he can begin rolling out his agenda.

The International Association of Firefighters endorsed Gov. Kristi Noem for DHS secretary as California fires rage, which notably follows its neutral 2024 presidential position.

President-elect Trump and Republican senators wrestled over the best strategy for moving Trump’s top agenda items, including border security and tax relief, during a two-hour meeting at the Capitol Wednesday night, but Trump largely resisted senators’ pleas to break his agenda up into two big bills. Many Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune [...]

President-elect Trump is leaving the rest of his GOP trifecta hanging on their reconciliation stalemate.Why it matters: Republican leaders on both sides of the Capitol have no interest in going against Trump. He has the power to quickly end this debate, but that's no closer after Wednesday's meeting with the Senate GOP.Trump pitched the idea of a single "beautiful bill," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told reporters after the meeting. That's where the momentum is headed, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said."[H]e heard from us that and from our leader that a two bill strategy is very much still very interested in," Sen. Shelley Capito Moore (R-W.V.) told reporters.But Trump keeps making it clear: He really doesn't care about the process.That apparent indifference on this key question will force the House and Senate to attempt to resolve their differences among themselves.Inside the room: Trump went over his Day 1 executive orders, a source in the room told us.Stephen Miller walked through the immigration ones in detail, three sources told Axios.About a dozen senators spoke during the meeting, with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) giving the most passionate defense of the two-bill strategy, two sources told Axios.Trump invited the senators and their spouses to Mar-a-Lago, but didn't name a date, two sources told us. Axios scooped his plans for a Senate bash last night.The bottom line: If the one bill versus two question is hard, agreeing to a topline number should be a real treat.P.S. Top Trump campaign staffer Alex Latcham will be executive director of the Senate Leadership Fund, with former Sen. Cory Gardner serving as CEO and chairman of the board, Axios scooped on Wednesday.

TikTok supporters are seen outside the Capitol in March 2024, before the House passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S.

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