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  • Donald Trump stands next to a microphone at a conference.Politics

    Armed with $100,000 from the Heritage Foundation, conservative group plans to out government ‘anti-American bad actors’ it believes will resist Trump

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • Hakeem JeffriesPolitics

    How Hakeem Jeffries, a future speaker of the House, may already be wielding that kind of power

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • House Speaker Mike Johnson talks to reportersPolitics

    The House passes $95 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies amid hardline GOP effort to oust another speaker

    By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Hunter BidenPolitics

    FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukraine energy firm

    By Lindsay Whitehurst, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA)Politics

    House impeaches first cabinet secretary in over a century in ‘blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship,’ says Biden

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 14: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center where he addressed the continuing resolution to fund the government and the war in Israel, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesPolitics

    House vote averts a government shutdown after Democrats help GOP Speaker Johnson pass a temporary funding bill without far-right support

    By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Joe Biden speaking during a State of the Union addressPolitics

    Biden vows to veto $14.5 billion aid package for Israel because of ‘devastating implications’ for U.S. safety and alliances

    By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 25: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds alongside fellow lawmakers as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. After a contentious nominating period that has seen four candidates over a three-week period, the House GOP conference selected Johnson as their most recent nominee to succeed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    GOP finally unites to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker, ending 3 weeks of Congressional chaos

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Mike Johnson walking through the halls of the Capitol buildingPolitics

    After 3 failed attempts to elect a new speaker, Republicans put forward an obscure figure who rallied support for Trump’s 2020 election challenge

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks with members of the media following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House voted to pass a short-term, bipartisan funding bill that could avert a government shutdown and sent it to the Senate just hours before a midnight deadline. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)Politics

    Tom Emmer abandons House Speaker bid just hours after becoming the latest GOP nominee, adding to the Congressional chaos

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 20: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to the media as he leaves a closed-door House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Republican caucus is searching for a new Speaker of the House candidate after Rep. Jim Jordan failed on three separate attempts to achieve a majority of votes in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Republicans dump Jim Jordan as House Speaker nominee, leaving Congress in crisis yet again

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Jim JordanPolitics

    Jim Jordan supports empowering interim speaker so he can campaign for the job full-time

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Patrick McHenry, Jim JordanPolitics

    Republicans just dumped Jim Jordan again. They’re looking for another speaker candidate

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, talks with reporters as House Republicans meet again behind closed doors to find a path to elect a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., dropped out of the race Thursday night, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Republicans choose Trump ally Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans continue to debate their pick for Speaker after their initial nominee, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), failed to secure the number of votes needed. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he was ousted last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Politics

    Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader

    By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others