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Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his allies met with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus ahead of a two-week recess to discuss their strategy for funding the government, as negotiations over appropriations bills loom large over the next month.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) huddled with some of his most vocal conservative critics Friday just before the two-week holiday break, a final in-person gathering intended to ease the hard-liners’ deficit concerns before the long summer fight over government spending. It’s been a rocky few weeks in the House. The Speaker’s conservative critics have been grumbling…

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his allies met with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus ahead of a two-week recess to discuss their strategy for funding the government, as negotiations over appropriations bills loom large over the next month.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his allies met with members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus ahead of a two-week recess to discuss their strategy for funding the government, as negotiations over appropriations bills loom large over the next month.

House Republicans were arguing not long ago that a deal on the debt ceiling could make it easier to pass a farm bill. Instead, many conservatives are angry over the debt agreement and demanding cuts to nutrition assistance and other programs that could delay the development of a new farm bill and even threaten its passage.

Three wrongfully detained American prisoners in China are caught in the middle of what may be the single most consequential and complicated geopolitical relationship for the U.S.

Three wrongfully detained American prisoners in China are caught in the middle of what may be the single most consequential and complicated geopolitical relationship for the U.S.

Tensions boiled over at a House hearing on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans faced off over government funding in light of a recent deal struck between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on spending limits. The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee voted along party lines on Wednesday afternoon to adopt a bill to fund the…

A House Republican who serves on the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department and the FBI says GOP lawmakers are ready to rein in the FBI's funding.

Far-right Republicans in the U.S. House have a powerful ally for spendings cuts in Rep. Kay Granger of Fort Worth.