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Louisiana’s Mike Johnson elected U.S. House speaker by GOP in cliff-hanger vote
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., center, and Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene, R-Ga., left, talk with fellow representatives as they arrive for the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the...
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Trump’s election as president certified by Congress, four years after Capitol...
U.S. Senate pages carrying the Electoral College certificates in wooden ballot boxes walk through the Capitol rotunda on their way to the U.S. House chamber on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer...
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U.S. House Republicans seeking to settle debt limit alongside border, taxes
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025. Johnson said he intended to address the country’s debt limit through the budget reconciliation process. (Photo by Tasos...
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Trump huddles with U.S. Senate GOP but no agreement yet on big tax,...
President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025, ahead of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center. Trump met with Senate Republicans Wednesday evening....
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds ban on TikTok unless it’s sold as deadline nears
In this 2020 photo illustration, the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone. (Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he will sign an...
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Trump inauguration moved inside U.S. Capitol amid predictions of Arctic blast
The U.S. Capitol under a blanket of snow on Jan. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he will move his inauguration inside the...
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Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States
Donald Trump at his inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Trump took office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States....
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GOP congressional leaders and Trump stalled on how best to pass big policy...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and wife Melania Trump arrive at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., walks in back of them. (Photo by...
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First abortion-related bill pushed in GOP-led Congress blocked by Senate...
U.S. Sen. Tina Smith, a Minnesota Democrat, speaks during a press conference inside the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Also pictured is Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and Sen....
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Trump pick for USDA secretary says she has ‘a lot to learn’ about bird flu
Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump's nominee to be agriculture secretary, speaks during her Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 23, 2025, in...
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on broad swath of...
President Donald Trump addresses the 2025 Republican Issues Conference at the Trump National Doral Miami on Jan. 27, 2025 in Doral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A federal...
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Second federal judge seems to be prepared to block Trump spending pause
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A second federal...
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RFK Jr. turnabout on vaccines, abortion slammed at HHS confirmation hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office...
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GOP members of U.S. Senate probe RFK Jr. on his history of vaccine denial
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services ,departs after testifying in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education,...
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Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, tours the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continued to burn on Jan. 8, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Eric...
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White House announces tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico, China
The White House announced that tariffs on products from Mexico, Canada and China will begin Feb. 1. (Getty Images)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to implement tariffs on Canada, Mexico and...
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RFK Jr. nomination as health secretary approved by key U.S. Senate panel
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office...
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Lawmakers press Social Security on lag in paying expanded benefits to public...
President Joe Biden gives a pen to Bette Marafino, president of the Connecticut Chapter of the Alliance for Retired Americans, after he signed the Social Security Fairness Act during an event in the...
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U.S. Senate confirms Russ Vought, a Project 2025 author, to manage the...
OMB nominee Russ Vought testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Jan. 15, 2025. (Screenshot from committee webcast)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday...
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Democratic AGs allege Trump administration is freezing federal funds despite...
President Donald Trump attends inauguration ceremonies in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys...
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