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House Passes 2-Year Surveillance Law Extension Without Warrant Requirement
Speaker Mike Johnson scaled back the measure to two years from five after Donald J. Trump...
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Trump to Meet an Embattled Johnson, Putting Their Tortured Ties on Display
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee and the G.O.P. speaker, at odds over many issues, are making...
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A Gold Medal for America’s Rosies, the Women on the Home Front
Rosie the Riveters, American women who filled a crucial labor shortage during World War II and...
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After Trump Broadside, FISA Bill Collapses in the House
Right-wing lawmakers blocked a move by Speaker Johnson to extend a key foreign intelligence surveillance tool...
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As Speaker, Johnson Advances What He Once Opposed, Enraging the Right
Now that he is the leader, the Louisiana Republican has found himself bowing to governing realities...
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Opinion | The Great Tension Inside the Trump G.O.P.
How long can a populist party support a libertarian Congress?
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Congress Passes Spending Bill in Wee Hours to Fend Off Shutdown
After hours of delay, the Senate overwhelmingly voted for the $1.2 trillion bill to fund more...
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Opinion | If There’s One Thing Trump Is Right About, It’s Republicans
For the thousandth time, the G.O.P. refused an off-ramp that would free itself from him.
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George Santos Says He’s Running for Congress Again
Mr. Santos, who was expelled from the House in December, filed paperwork to run in a...
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House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas for Border Policies
In a redo of their first failed attempt, Republicans pushed through the charges over solid Democratic...
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How Congress Could Bypass Republican Opposition to Funding Ukraine
Lawmakers in the House may resort to an arcane procedural move to force action on a...
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Opinion | Trump Came for Their Party but Took Over Their Souls
The defeat of the immigration-Ukraine-Israel package marks the end of the party of Eisenhower, Reagan and...
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Biden Tells Republicans to ‘Show Some Spine’ Against Trump on Border Deal
President Biden accused the House GOP of thwarting legislation tightening immigration rules and providing aid to...
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On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It
The G.O.P. abandoned a bipartisan border security bill that also aided Ukraine after Democrats called their...
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History of Failure on Border Policy Hangs Over Current Push in Congress
Republicans have scuttled efforts to rewrite immigration laws repeatedly over the past two decades, despite powerful...
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Trump Strengthens Grip on Congress as He Presses Toward GOP Nomination
The former president’s opposition has all but killed the prospects for a bipartisan border deal, reflecting...
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McConnell Casts Doubt on Border Deal, Saying Trump Opposition May Sink It
The minority leader privately told Republicans that the former president had put his party “in a...
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When Hakim Jeffrey, 24, Met Hakeem Jeffries, 53
For most of his life, Hakim Jeffrey’s only connections to Representative Hakeem Jeffries were Brooklyn and...
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Opinion | What the Supreme Court Should Not Do in Trump’s Disqualification Case
If anyone is going to do so, elected representatives must be the ones to forgive Donald...
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Johnson Visits Border, Turning Up Heat on Biden for an Immigration Deal
The visit by the speaker and scores of House Republicans came as the G.O.P. seeks to...
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Trump Assails Congresswoman in His Latest Escalation on Social Media
The former president, who has stepped up his incendiary language on Truth Social, attacked Representative Debbie...