Republicans

Trump and J.D. Vance embrace populist economics. That’s bad for Americans.

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Republicans are excited to run against Bidenomics in the 2024 election. So why are some of the loudest GOP members bear-hugging the ...

Biden and Harris team up for health care event in North Carolina

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will promote their health care agenda on Tuesday in North Carolina, ...

Republican Mike Gallagher to leave US House in April

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Gram Slattery and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Mike Gallagher will step down from Congress on April 19. his ...

Greene threatens to throw House back into chaos with threat to oust Speaker Johnson

Politics
Amanda Smith

The House may be headed for chaos — again. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) new bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent ...

The Far Right Lost Badly and Wants Its Revenge

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — As 2023 opened with Republicans newly in control of the House, the far-right members of the party considered themselves empowered ...

Senate sends $1.2T funding package to Biden, thwarting partial shutdown

Politics
Amanda Smith

A colossal $1.2 trillion spending package is finally off to President Joe Biden’s desk, with Congress concluding a tumultuous government funding cycle ...

Senate reaches deal to vote on government funding legislation, on track to avert a partial shutdown

Politics
Amanda Smith

The Senate has reached a last minute agreement late Friday night to vote on the government funding package, averting a partial government ...

House Republicans had a bad day

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — Friday began with House conservatives holding a press conference to trash the $1.2 trillion spending bill their leaders negotiated with ...

US Congress scrambles to pass $1.2 trillion spending bill ahead of shutdown deadline

Politics
Amanda Smith

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives and Democratic-majority Senate on Friday will scramble to beat a ...

4 House Republicans protest Biden’s IVF expansion for veterans

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON — A group of four House Republicans sent a letter to the Biden administration Wednesday protesting a policy to expand access ...