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Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia has died, just weeks after announcing that his esophageal cancer had returned, his family said Wednesday morning. He was 75. “It is with immense sadness that we share that our devoted and loving […]

Rep. Jared Golden, the Maine Democrat who has won a district that delivered its Electoral College vote to President Donald Trump, is running for reelection. Golden announced Tuesday that he would be running for reelection instead of seeking a statewide

House Budget Committee Republicans advanced a sweeping reconciliation bill Sunday night, but for the GOP, the internal debate is far from over. “CONGRATULATIONS REPUBLICANS!!! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social after the Budget Committee’s markup.

Posted May 13, 2025 at 4:55am Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra has filed paperwork to run for governor of Iowa in the 2026 election. Feenstra, a third-term congressman from Hull, Iowa, won his 2024 reelection with over 67 percent of the

More key House committees plan to meet this week to mark up their budget reconciliation plans, after the Energy and Commerce Committee released a series of committee prints Sunday night. The Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft includes significant changes to

Both the House and Senate come back from recess this week to begin a busy three-week period that’s expected to focus on Republicans’ budget reconciliation agenda, including extending and expanding tax cuts and tightening immigration policy. The top items on

Former Rep. Mia Love of Utah, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, died Sunday at age 49. “She was in her home surrounded by family,” family members announced in a social media post. ”In the midst of a

President Donald Trump alleged Sunday that “the Democrats want” a government shutdown at the end of this week, but he predicted that a lapse in appropriations probably will not take place this time. “I think the CR is going to get

President Donald Trump’s Tuesday evening address to a joint session of Congress headlines another busy week at the Capitol — and don’t look now, but there are less than two weeks until the current government funding law expires. Speaker Mike

Florida Republican Byron Donalds has joined the list of House members running for governor. “I’m here to announce my candidacy to be the next governor of the great state of Florida,” Donalds said Tuesday evening on Fox News. The move