Key senators reach agreement on spending levels for next year, setting up clash with House
The Senate will pursue a spending increase next year of about 3.4% for defense and 2.7% increase for non-defense programs under a bipartisan agreement reached by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
House Republicans unite on spending cuts to non-defense programs, but Senate roadblock awaits
House Republicans are off to a quicker, more united start this year when it comes to funding the federal government, passing four of 12 annual appropriations bills before the end of June compared to zero at this time last year, when the new majority got off to a rocky start.
Cliffhanger congressional contest between Bob Good and John McGuire tests power of Trump endorsement
One of Americaโs most conservative congressmen is locked in a tight renomination battle against an opponent endorsed by former President Donald Trump in Virginia.
US Rep. Nancy Mace overcomes McCarthy-backed challenger to win Republican primary in South Carolina
U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace has won the Republican nomination after a tumultuous second term in South Carolina that saw her go from a critic to ally of former President Donald Trump and make headlines for plenty of things off the House floor.
Georgia Republican bets on Washington ties to help his nomination for an open congressional seat
Backed by Donald Trump, Republican Brian Jack is trying to power his way to the nomination in an open Georgia congressional.
California Republican takes oath of office to complete term of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Republican Vince Fong of California has been sworn into Congress after winning a special election to complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Supreme Court finds no bias against Black voters in a South Carolina congressional district
The Supreme Court has preserved a Republican-held South Carolina congressional district, rejecting a lower-court ruling that the district discriminated against Black voters.
Biden, Trump win Kentucky, Oregon primaries as presidential nominating season nears its end
The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched are moving closer to their end.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the California 20th District special election
Voters in Californiaโs 20th Congressional District can be forgiven if they open their ballots for the upcoming primary election with a sense of dรฉjร vu.
Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy
A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual โ spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent.
House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here's why his job is far from safe
Democrats joined a majority of Republicans on Wednesday to save Speaker Mike Johnson from an attempt by GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from the job.
Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson's job if Republicans try to oust him
House Democrats will vote to save Speaker Mike Johnsonโs job should some Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, avoiding a repeat of when eight Republicans joined with Democrats to oust his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Republicans seeking Georgia congressional seat debate limits on abortion and immigration
Brian Jack sought to make a debate among Republicans for an open Georgia congressional seat all about his close ties with Donald Trump, while the other contenders are ignoring Trumpโs endorsement of Jack.
Seeking 'the right side of history,' Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine
Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance.
Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker
Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of helping House Speaker Mike Johnson save his job should Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia force a vote seeking his ouster.
Trump gives support to embattled Speaker Mike Johnson at pivotal Mar-a-Lago meet
Donald Trump has given his support to embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson during a visit to the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Speaker Johnson to meet with Trump, offers Marjorie Taylor Greene advisory role as own job teeters
With his job on the line, House Speaker Mike Johnson is dashing to Florida to meet with Donald Trump this week.
Republican Mike Boudreaux advances to special election to complete term of ousted Speaker McCarthy
County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux is advancing to a May election in California to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January.
What's next now that Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a motion to vacate from Marjorie Taylor Greene
Barely six months into the job, House Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of the same conservative revolt that took down his predecessor.
Republican Vince Fong advances to runoff election to complete term of ex-House Speaker McCarthy
California state Legislator Vince Fong has advanced to a May election to decide who will complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Illinois presidential and state primaries
Three incumbent congressmen face tough challenges from within their own parties in Tuesdayโs primaries in Illinois.
House Republicans are seeking unity at an idyllic West Virginia retreat. Many didn't bother to come
House Republicans are huddling in West Virginia for a strategy-planning retreat designed to unify the often-fractious conference as they head into the final months before the November election.
President Biden to make 'unity agenda' appeal to Congress in State of the Union
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden will make an explicit appeal to the divided Congress for his โunity agenda.โ.
Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing โresentment, revenge and retributionโ and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.
Congress approves short-term extension to avoid shutdown, buy more time for final spending agreement
Congress has passed another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22.
Lawmakers honor House clerk who served during chaos of Jan. 6 and McCarthy speaker votes
Lawmakers have honored the official charged with maintaining order in the House during two of the chamberโs most tumultuous moments โ the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and last yearโs longest race for House speaker since before the Civil War.
Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign
President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel.
Some Republican leaders are pushing back against the conservative Freedom Caucus in statehouses
Some Republican lawmakers are pushing back as the conservative Freedom Caucus Networks expands from Washington, D.
GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He's left with daunting choices ahead
New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority in name only.
Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March
Congress has sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.
Speaker Johnson insists he's sticking to budget deal but announces no plan to stop partial shutdown
House Speaker Mike Johnson insists he is sticking with the bipartisan budget deal he struck with the other congressional leaders.
As House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas, senators want to strike a border deal with him
House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as โderelict in his dutyโ over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
California sets a special election for US House seat left vacant by exit of former Speaker McCarthy
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown
Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.
Retirements could tip control of the House majority. It's Republicans who have the early edge
A chaotic year for the House is coming to a close with more Democrats than Republicans deciding to leave the chamber.
Punishing their own but passing few laws, a Congress in chaos leaves much to do in 2024
This Congress started with showy bluster, a bitter 15-round, multi-day spectacle to elect a House speaker who vowed to โnever quit,โ and then did just that.
The GOP's slim House majority is getting even tighter with Kevin McCarthy's retirement
House Speaker Mike Johnsonโs margin for error in getting Republican priorities through the House is getting slimmer.
North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through speaker stalemate, won't seek reelection in 2024
North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry won't seek reelection to the U.S. House next year after all.
Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy
New House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to rebuild the Republican's slim majority.
Ex-fundraiser for George Santos pleads guilty to posing as congressional aide to raise campaign cash
A former fundraiser for U.S. Rep. George Santos has pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge.
New Speaker Mike Johnson formally endorses Donald Trump, a step beyond predecessor Kevin McCarthy
House Speaker Mike Johnson has endorsed Donald Trump for president, a move that was a symbolic departure from his ousted predecessor leading the House.
New Speaker Mike Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching
New House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan to avert a government shutdown.
GOP Rep. Ken Buck plans to challenge his party's direction under Trump as he leaves the House
Ken Buck has gained national prominence as a Republican congressman fed up with Donald Trumpโs lies about the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
Speaker Mike Johnson signals that Ukraine aid, coupled with border security, is next on GOP agenda
New Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will consider a fresh aid package for Ukraine, but he wants to link it to more money at home for the U.S. border with Mexico.
Republican US Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado won't seek reelection, citing party's 'insidious narratives'
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a conservative Republican who represents much of Coloradoโs rural eastern plains, says he won't seek a sixth term in Congress.
House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over the Palestinian-American's rhetoric about Israel
The House has rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was once the dean of a Christian law school. It never opened its doors
Mike Johnson does not typically mention one aspect of his work before being elected to Congress.
New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed?
New House Speaker Mike Johnson has inherited many of the same problems that bedeviled Republican leaders with far more experience.
Christian conservatives cheer one of their own as Mike Johnson assumes Congress' most powerful seat
Evangelical Christian conservatives have long had allies in top Republican leadership in Congress.
WATCH LIVE: Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmerโs withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
Republicans have chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as their latest nominee for House speaker.
Americans' faith in institutions has been sliding for years. The chaos in Congress isn't helping
For many Americans, the Republican dysfunction that has ground business in the U.S. House to a halt as two wars rage abroad and a budget crisis looms at home is feeding into a longer-term pessimism about the countryโs core institutions.
Republicans are facing death threats as the election for speaker gets mired in personal feuds
An onslaught of pressure from the Republican Party base was intended to prod the GOPโs moderate and establishment members to support Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker.
Biden declares Israel and Ukraine support is vital for US security, will ask Congress for billions
Addressing the nation from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden has made his case for major U.S. backing of Ukraine and Israel in a time of war.
GOP's Jordan says he's still running for House gavel, but plan for a temporary speaker falls flat
Refusing to drop out, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is telling GOP colleagues he is still running for House speaker.
Three Texas Republicans stand firm against Jim Jordan in second House speaker vote
Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line behind Jordanโs effort.
House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again
There will be no further votes for House speaker on Wednesday after Republicans reached an impasse on how to move forward.
Three Texas Republicans help block Jim Jordan from becoming U.S. House speaker in first vote
Reps. Jake Ellzey, Kay Granger and Tony Gonzales joined 17 other House Republicans to block the Ohio Republican from the gavel.
Live updates | Jordan loses 20 Republicans in speaker's vote, creating uphill climb to win gavel
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is calling on Republicans to work with Democrats to elect a speaker.
Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot, signaling more turmoil ahead
Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot.
GOP's Jim Jordan is shoring up support and peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote
Hard-charging right-wing Republican Rep. Jim Jordan is shoring up support to win the House speaker's gavel.
Biden postpones trip to Colorado to discuss domestic agenda as the Israel-Hamas conflict intensifies
President Joe Biden has postponed a trip to Colorado to stay in Washington and focus on the growing conflict in the Middle East.
Jim Jordan's rapid rise has been cheered by Trump and the far right. Could it soon make him speaker?
Rep. Jim Jordan becoming House speaker would help cement the far rightโs takeover of the Republican Party and trigger conflict with Democrats over the size and scope of government.
House Republicans are mired in chaos after ousting McCarthy and rejecting Scalise. What's next?
The U.S. House has been without a leader for more than a week, as majority Republicans threw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy and refused to rally around his No. 2, Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise.
Republicans pick Jim Jordan as nominee for House speaker, putting job within the Trump ally's reach
Republicans have chosen firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump.
Some want to grant temporary House speaker more power as Republican gridlock stalls Congress
Rep. Patrick McHenry is presiding over the House as speaker pro tempore following the unprecedented ouster of Kevin McCarthy.
GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee
Republican Steve Scalise has ended his bid to become House speaker after failing to secure the votes to win the gavel.
Republican Steve Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming the House speaker might require a brawl
Republican colleagues call Steve Scalise a fighter, but the nominee for House speaker may be in for a brawl.
Scalise is the GOP's pick to be the House speaker but he faces an uncertain path. What happens next?
The speaker of the House is normally elected every two years, in January, when the House organizes for a new session.
Chip Roy, Michael Cloud say theyโre still against Scalise after he wins party nomination for U.S. House speaker
The two Texas holdouts, combined with a handful of other members who have vowed to vote against Rep. Steve Scalise, could delay the selection of the next House speaker.
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of the modern GOP
Dysfunction within the Republican Party isnโt limited to the leadership chaos in the House of Representatives playing out in the nationโs capital.
Hamas' attack on Israel pushes foreign policy into the 2024 race. That could benefit Nikki Haley
The war provoked by Hamasโ attack on Israel has shaken American politics and put the Republican presidential primary race in Nikki Haley's wheelhouse.
Republicans are divided on far-right move to remove McCarthy as House speaker, an AP-NORC poll shows
New polling shows that the unprecedented ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has left no consensus among Republicans about whether his removal was the right move.
As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader
Republicans have no clear idea who will be U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress.
Trump is inserting himself into the messy race to become the next House speaker. Will it matter?
Donald Trumpโs decision to insert himself into the chaotic race to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker will serve as a test of the former presidentโs sway with lawmakers as he works to win a second term.
Kevin McCarthy denies reports he is considering resigning from Congress
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted as House speaker this week, shot down reports that he was considering an early departure from Congress and said Friday that he wonโt be stepping down.