Mike Johnson to create new Jan. 6 committee despite vowing to look ‘forward’ - The subcommittee will look at some of the “intelligence failures” that were found in connection to the Jan 6 attacks

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is convinced his best path to avoiding a midterm rout runs through Texas' Rio Grande Valley and California's Central Valley. Why it matters: That means pumping real resources into a handful of predominantly Hispanic districts.

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has formed a select subcommittee to further investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, assaults on the U.S. Capitol, while Rep. Barry Loudermilk has released an interim report on the

In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.

President Donald Trump regaled House Republicans on Monday with a rhetorical highlight reel from his first week in office, and he urged them to support his immigration crackdown and border security proposals.

Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”

In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing a job that involves leading a coequal branch of government.

Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump's health secretary.

RSC leaders met behind closed doors at House Republicans' annual retreat to hash out their stance. GOP lawmakers were at Trump National Doral golf course in Florida for three days of discussions on reconciliation and other fiscal deadlines looming on the horizon.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee on Thursday. Here's the latest:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in Russell building on Wednesday, December 18, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)