A Massachusetts man has been arrested on weapons charges after authorities say he visited the U.S. Capitol and told police that he came there to kill billionaire investor Scott Bessent on the day the Senate confirmed him as President Donald Trump’s treasury secretary.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
At the start of a House GOP conference, Johnson stood by Trump on mass deportations, the firings of inspectors general and his comments that wildfire aid should have conditions.
In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.
The lawmakers are holding their annual policy retreat at Trump Doral working to sketch out their plans with majority control across Washington.
The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep ... The shift was a surprise on Capitol Hill, where Turner’s ouster sparked an outcry from Democrats and some Republicans who were given no advance warning of the move — and suspected the ...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has been called upon to testify at an upcoming hearing on so-called "sanctuary cities."
Stewart Rhodes was serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy when he was freed by President Trump.
Out went Turner (R-Ohio), a brash, prickly defense hawk who had been elevated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and had become an internal headache for Johnson due to what many saw as his hamfisted handling of a divisive intraparty debate over surveillance powers.
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.
WASHINGTON—Save the ArQ co-founders Setrag Balian and Hagop Djernazian brought the plight of Jerusalem’s Armenian Christian Quarter to Capitol Hill and Washington’s policy circles this week, drawing urgent attention to the existential threats facing the