“Marking the Semiquincentennial anniversary of American Independence,” GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson formally invited President Donald Trump to deliver the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on February 24th.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has sworn in Representative Matt Van Epps after he won a special election in Tennessee.
Read More House Speaker Johnson swears in Republican Matt Van Epps after tight special election
After a decades long career in Congress, Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will not be seeking re-election at the end of her term in January 2027.
Read More Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson sought to calm uneasy Republicans on Wednesday, brushing off the party’s losses on Tuesday’s off-year elections as a temporary “blip” that doesn’t foreshadow trouble in the 2026 midterms.
Read More Johnson stresses that Tuesday’s Democrat election wins are ‘not indicative of what’s to come’ while VP Vance shares message of his own
President Donald Trump urged Republicans in the Senate to initiate the “nuclear option” and end the filibuster as the government shutdown reaches a full month.
Read More Trump to Senate Republicans: Go for ‘the nuclear option — get rid of the filibuster’
Both GOP and Democrat-backed stopgap funding bills have failed to pass in the Senate, resulting in a prolonged government shutdown.
Read More Both plans to end govt shutdown fail in Senate