In September, as lawmakers were negotiating how to avoid a shutdown at the end of that month, Trump encouraged Republicans ...

Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...

Republicans will run the Michigan House of Representatives starting next year, but what does cooperation between the two ...

House Republican leaders took a victory lap as they returned to Washington, saying they are ready on Day 1 to work on ...

So in a recent sit-down at Mar-a-Lago, Johnson showed Trump polling warning a shutdown could zap the GOP’s House majority, two sources close to the speaker said. Then, to drive home the point ...

to be attached to a spending bill extension to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the fiscal year. The DOJ itself recently announced that it had charged an illegal immigrant with stealing a ...

These factors will play into the runoff vote, so I’m not sure how much of a bellwether for GOP post-shutdown politics the LA-5 vote will be. Still, the national press ought to pay attention to ...

Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed ...

With Donald Trump's election, the Republican Party gains control of both Congressional houses. This control is anticipated to support an agenda focusing on tax cuts and reduced federal governance.

The Senate leadership race to replace outgoing GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is turning into a test ... to fund the federal ...

Republican electoral wins in both the presidential race and the Senate are changing the game on government funding, as ...