OLYMPIA — House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon has issued an apology after showing up intoxicated during Wednesday evening’s House Appropriations Committee meeting. The Seattle Democrat said in a ...

Brett Kavanaugh is the most likely of President Donald Trump's three U.S. Supreme Court appointees to join the three liberals in a 5-4 ruling. The court currently has a 6-3 conservative majority, ...

The House Republican majority just got reduced to a perilously slim one-vote margin thanks to a Democrat's victory in Texas over the weekend. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., swore in newly minted Rep.

WASHINGTON—House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) sensed trouble. The GOP-led House was about to pass its final tranche of spending bills, including one providing money for border enforcement, a big ...

Robert A. Strong does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

After a year spent largely relegated to the congressional sidelines, Democrats have begun approaching 2026 with something approximating optimism. The unpopularity of the Trump administration’s major ...

Unexpected vacancies have whittled the G.O.P.’s edge to just a couple of votes, leaving Speaker Mike Johnson with almost no margin for leading the chamber. By Ashley Wu and Annie Karni A surprise ...

President Donald Trump's small Republican voting majority in the House of Representatives is getting even smaller amid unexpected departures and a tragedy, further complicating their path for passing ...

Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) passed away on Tuesday, announced House GOP Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) in a statement. Malfa, who served in the House since 2012, represented California’s 1st district, ...

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President Donald Trump said he will soon have a "majority" of his nominees on the Federal Reserve board who will back his desire to slash interest rates. Trump's comment at a Cabinet meeting came ...