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Donald Trump is due to make a public appearance with embattled U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, in a bid to demonstrate unity as the chambers new leader struggles to... -April 12, 2024 at 01:24 pm EDT - MarketScreener

Donald Trump is due to make a public appearance with embattled U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday, in a bid to demonstrate unity.

Top Republican in Congress in Florida for Trump meeting

Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday announced they had reached a deal for advancing the 12 annual bills that fund an array of federal programs for the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30 and could also avert government shutdowns on Saturday. The pact approved by House of Representatives and Senate leaders…

The bipartisan tax policy deal being debated this week in Congress has earned support from an unlikely corner: abortion opponents. Although Republicans are perhaps most excited about the tax benefits for businesses that are included in the legislation, a provision to expand the child tax credit is being hailed by many Republicans as a way to encourage low-income families to have more children—and thus, implicitly, not to have abortions.The updated credit would not be as generous as the te...

A pair of U.S. senators have joined the call to create a national monument at the site of one of the darkest days in Tulsa's history.

A new book says Donald Trump was irked by receiving just one vote during the dramatic vote for Speaker in January

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s honeymoon period lasted about as long as an actual honeymoon: a few weeks, at best. Now that Congress has punted its most intransigent problem—keeping the government funded—to early next year, Johnson must shepherd several other complex agenda items through the fractious chamber with a whisper-thin majority that may become even slimmer by Friday afternoon. The frisson of the new relationship has waned, and some House Republicans are beginning to ...

With only a few weeks left in the year and several items on the agenda, Johnson may need to assuage skeptical Republicans.

A reporter tried to ask the newest House speaker candidate a tough question. Chaos ensued.