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Republicans consider slashing Medicaid—a move that could siphon billions from the health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans

By Amanda Seitz, Andrew DeMillo, and others

Elon Musk speaks next to Donald Trump in the oval office

One by one, Republicans are speaking up against billionaire Elon Musk’s slash-and-burn DOGE tactics

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Homeowner David Marquez, left, holds a metal detector as he shows recovered metal items found with his father, Juan Pablo Alvarado, right, inside the walls of their multi-generational home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California republicans push back after House speaker threatens to saddle wildfire aid with conditions

By MIchael R. Blood, Kevin Freking, and others

President-elect Donald Trump flanked by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune of S.D. talks to reporters after a meeting with Republican leadership at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump gives GOP senators no set strategy as they struggle to turn his priorities into law: ‘One bill, two bills, doesn’t matter’

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House rejects Trump-backed plan to avoid government shutdown—with dozens of Republicans voting ‘no’

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

House Speaker Mike Johnson adjusts his glasses

Trump is slamming the stopgap spending bill for being too expensive while simultaneously calling for a higher debt ceiling

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate the upcoming eight-day festival of Hanukkah on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington.

Congress is scrambling after Trump and Musk’s push implodes government funding plan

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress unveils stopgap spending deal to fund government into March and provide over $100 billion in disaster aid

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

The secretary for the Department of Homeland Security speaks to the press

Helene is the deadliest hurricane in 20 years—and the government says it doesn’t have enough funding to last through the season

By Kevin Freking, Colleen Long, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson

Lawmakers reach deal to avoid government shutdown and add funds for Secret Service

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries stands in front of a blurred crowed, pointing into the audience and smiling. He wears a black suit with a light blue shirt and a magenta tie.

Top House Democrat rejects GOP plan to link government funding to voter proof of citizenship

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Mitch McConnell

The Senate just killed a plan to cut taxes for parents and small businesses, calling it ‘cash welfare’

By The Associated Press and Kevin Freking

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks to the podium at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Trump proposed excluding tips from federal taxes. Here’s what that would mean for workers’ take-home pay—and budget deficits

By Kevin Freking, Josh Boak, and others

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson,

As U.S. debt soars past $34 trillion, Congress has killed off its plan to tackle the crisis

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press

Mike Johnson

Republican loss of Congress sealed as Democrats step in to save Mike Johnson’s speakership amid right-wing revolt

By Kevin Freking and The Associated Press