Democrats retake House majority after 4 years
The change in the balance of power sets up a clash with the Trump administration on oversight and other legislative priorities.
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The change in the balance of power sets up a clash with the Trump administration on oversight and other legislative priorities.
The stopgap measure will fund the government and provide tens of billions in disaster relief.
Former President Donald Trump will return to the White House after securing victories in several battleground states.
New legislation could hold people accountable who share non-consensual deepfake porn images online.
The package fully funds the government through September 2024.
The House on Wednesday passed legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance doesn't sell its stake.
Two years into Russia's full-scale invasion, President Biden says Ukrainians "continue to fight with tremendous courage," but they need America's help.
Rep. George Santos is just the sixth House member in U.S. history to be expelled and the first in more than 20 years.
"I have done the math over and over and it doesn't look really good," Rep. George Santos said of his chances of surviving the latest expulsion effort.
The House voted to keep government agencies funded until at least Jan. 19 in a bipartisan vote.
"The people's House is back in business," newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson told colleagues before being sworn in.
Rep. Mike Johnson is the fourth speaker nominee since McCarthy's removal and the second in a single day. He said that his intention is to go the House floor Wednesday for a noon speaker vote.
The House Republican Conference voted that Jordan should drop his bid in a closed-door meeting following an earlier vote on the House floor.
Rep. Jim Jordan lost 20 Republicans to win just 200 votes, falling shy of the 217 needed to become speaker of the House.
Hours before a midnight deadline, Congress passed a short-term funding bill to keep the government running for 45 days.
A majority of Democrats and a majority of Republicans voted in favor of the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
He won after a surprising loss in the 14th round of voting.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the holdouts against McCarthy, nominated former President Donald Trump on the 11th ballot.
As the stalemate continued, the House voted to adjourn until noon Thursday.
GOP takes control of House with narrow margin, splitting control of Congress with Democrats.
