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

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

With Republicans on cusp of unified control of Washington, Congress appears primed to extend federal funding well into ...

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

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

Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this ...

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 ...

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

The new Senate GOP leader will be elected by secret ballot ... When lawmakers return to Washington in December, they will ...

Out of leverage in government shutdown negotiations ... through the House on Wednesday with Democratic help as his brittle GOP majority again rejects a measure to keep the government open.

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 ...

Washington (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson needed to convince former President Donald Trump that a shutdown could hurt their party on Election Day even as the Republican presidential nominee was ...