Lisa Mascaro

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  • JohnsonPolitics

    Vulnerable Republican blasts choice to send health insurance spiking as ‘political malpractice’

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    With just days to go before ACA subsidies expire, Congress is about to wrap up its work with no consensus solution in sight

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • HegsethPolitics

    As Democrats cry ‘war crimes,’ Hegseth claims ‘fog of war’ over Latin America boat strikes

    By Stephen Groves, Nick Lichtenberg, and others
  • LundayLaw

    Coast Guard revises policy on ‘a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups’

    By Konstantin Toropin, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    MAGA stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene, who defied Trump on Epstein files, will resign from Congress to avoid ‘hurtful and hateful primary’

    By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 8: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) walks to the Senate Chamber on November 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Today marks Day 39th day of the government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)Politics

    Senate takes first step to end shutdown as Bernie Sanders says moderate Democrats voting with GOP are making a ‘horrific mistake’

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Nancy PelosiPolitics

    Nancy Pelosi retires from legendary career as Obama hails ‘one of the best speakers the House of Representatives has ever had’

    By The Associated Press and Lisa Mascaro
  • Mike JohnsonPolitics

    House speaker Mike Johnson sees no endgame in sight to government shutdown

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    During a White House meeting, Hakeem Jeffries spotted a ‘Trump 2028’ hat and asked JD Vance ‘Hey, bro, you got a problem with this?’

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Trump presides over third government shutdown, with fresh opportunity to fire thousands of workers and close down federal offices

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • President Donald Trump from a downward angle stands with a straight face next to the American flag.Politics

    Trump crackdown on ‘radical left’ after Charlie Kirk’s death targets Soros, Indivisible despite evidence of lone shooter

    By Chris Megerian, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Scott BessentPolitics

    Scott Bessent admits that Trump just created a ‘back door for privatizing Social Security’

    By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Paul Dans, director of Project 2025, speaksPolitics

    Paul Dans, Project 2025’s chief architect, says the U.S. Senate is ‘the headwaters of the swamp’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Meg Kinnard, and others
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks behind his security detail through a crowd of reporters as he tries to push President Donald Trump’s signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts across the finish line even as conservative and moderate GOP holdouts slow that effort, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    House GOP can’t pass Trump’s tax bill as holdouts on center and far-right push back in late-night session

    By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined from left by, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters after passage of the budget reconciliation package of President Donald Trump’s signature bill of big tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    The Senate just passed Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. Here’s what else is inside

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others