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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 04: Rep. Matt Van Epps (L) (R-TN) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) (R-LA) December 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. Also pictured holding the Bible is Van Epps' wife, Meg Wrather, and their daughter, Amelia Van Epps. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

House Speaker Johnson swears in Republican Matt Van Epps after tight special election

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has sworn in Representative Matt Van Epps after he won a special election in Tennessee.

COLUMBUS, OHIO - NOVEMBER 15: General view of the Ohio State Buckeyes taking the field before the game against the UCLA Bruins at Ohio Stadium on November 15, 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Mowry/Getty Images)

House cancels vote on SCORE Act despite conservative support

Leadership within the House of Representatives canceled a vote on a bill that would regulate compensation that college student-athletes earn for their name, image and likeness (NIL), despite the bill’s support from Republicans.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: Rep. Al Green (D-TX) speaks at a presser after joining "Remove the Regime" protesters as they march from Union Station to the Capitol on November 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. The protesters are demonstrating against President Donald Trump and calling for his impeachment. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

Texas Rep. Al Green announces plans to introduce his 5th impeachment attempt against Trump

Texas Democrat Rep. Al Green has announced plans to, yet again, introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before the start of the new year.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) poses for a photo with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol Building on November 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. Grijalva, who won a special election to replace her late father Rep. Raul Grijalva on September 23, was not seated as a member of Congress until today after Speaker Johnson delayed her swearing-in amid the government shutdown. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrat Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona sworn in to U.S. House

Fifty days after winning her district’s special election, Adelita Grijalva was sworn into Congress, filling a seat in the United States House of Representatives previously held by her late father.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters while walking to his office on November 10, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The Senate reached a deal late Sunday to fund the Government, aiming to end the longest shutdown in history. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Senate advances stopgap spending bill, marking major step toward ending longest govt. shutdown in U.S. history

The Senate advanced a motion to end the government shutdown on Sunday night amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

(L) (L/R) US Vice President JD Vance and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) applaud as President Donald Trump speaks during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on November 5, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) / (R) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 5: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at the podium alongside fellow Republicans during a news conference on November 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The record for longest shutdown in the U.S. Government was broken Wednesday as it entered its 36th day. (Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

Johnson stresses that Tuesday’s Democrat election wins are ‘not indicative of what’s to come’ while VP Vance shares message of his own

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.