The legislation is part of a package that House Republicans are pushing to impose more federal control over the District in line with President Trump’s demands.

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House Republicans extended a maneuver they engineered earlier in the year that effectively strips Congress of the power to disapprove of President Trump’s tariffs.

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After allowing a stopgap spending bill to move forward earlier this year, Democrats are under intense pressure not to do so again.

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The event could be an opportunity to energize the party, which will be playing defense as it seeks to retain control of Congress.

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The speaker put forward a stopgap bill to fund the government past Sept. 30, saying there was “zero chance” he would add concessions Democrats have demanded.

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The voluble former senator, now retired from politics, appears to miss the arena and is mulling a return to it.

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Only a handful of Democrats and none of the party’s top leaders attended the ceremony, an outpouring of praise and mourning for the right-wing activist, who was assassinated last week.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger issued his first public rebuke since Gov. Gavin Newsom placed a gerrymander plan on the ballot.

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The president repeated that Chicago, New Orleans and other Democratic-run cities could be next.

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The state attorney general told law enforcement officers to stop enforcing the decades-old ban, after a court last week ruled it unconstitutional.

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Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk’s podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.

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The provision in the government funding bill could shield pesticide companies from billions of dollars in lawsuits.

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Representative Michael McCaul, an 11-term Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, announced on Sunday that he would retire from Congress.

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President Trump does not subscribe to the traditional notion of being president for all Americans.

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Historians say the lessons of this particular time will depend on Americans themselves, and what kind of a nation they want it to be.

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Vice President JD Vance urged major contributors to win the 2026 midterms to honor Charlie Kirk, who was Mr. Vance’s close friend.

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Senate Republicans used what is known as the nuclear option to break a Democratic blockade of President Trump’s nominees, weakening Congress’s vetting role.

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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump captured the raw sentiment of his conservative base. But he addressed only part of the alarming cycle of violence in America.

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The killing of the right-wing activist deepened lawmakers’ fears of violence directed against them, and the toxic discourse that has fed such threats.

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Republicans are signaling a new openness to extending health subsidies as Democrats suggest they want health care concessions to keep the government open.

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President Trump promised to find those responsible for political violence, as well as the “organizations that fund it and support it.”

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Though it failed, Mr. Schumer’s proposal brought the contentious debate over the Trump administration’s handling of the Epstein files to the Senate, which has largely avoided it.

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The chair of the Finance Committee sent the agency a letter inquiring about allegations that it had put the confidential personal information of Americans at risk.

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Mr. Kirk was an energetic member of President Trump’s inner circle who appealed to young conservative voters and wealthy Republicans alike.

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For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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The Republican response to the release of a suggestive note to Jeffrey Epstein apparently signed by President Trump followed a familiar pattern of deflection.

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Supporters are on the brink of collecting the 218 signatures to proceed, but House Republican leaders and the White House are trying to stop it.

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Republicans said the maneuver to change the Senate’s rules, the latest step that would weaken the filibuster, was necessary to overcome Democratic obstruction of President Trump’s nominees.

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Security footage capturing the unprovoked stabbing in Charlotte became an accelerant for conservative arguments about the perceived failings of Democratic policies.

A new crop of candidates has turned away from the aspirational “American dream” message of campaigns past and is leaning into how difficult life can be for working people — including them.

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On national security, spending and oversight, the president continues to undercut the legislative branch, and Republicans in charge have done little to stop him.

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It’s the issue voters cared most about in 2024, and there are signs of trouble.

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An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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At a contentious hearing with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, Republicans who voted to confirm him were among his critics.

Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.

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A three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee revealed that the health secretary was on uncertain ground even with some Republicans who voted to confirm him.

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The Republican rift over whether to demand greater transparency in the case has once again highlighted a gender divide in the male-dominated party.

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Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation, which allows nearly anyone to sue abortion medication providers and distributors.

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A Kentucky Republican and a California Democrat have joined forces, but the task is getting taller.

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Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers went to the Capitol to ask Congress to get behind their calls for more disclosures, but momentum for a bill demanding it appeared to stall.

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Attorney General Ken Paxton is waging “legal war” against Beto O’Rourke, a possible Democratic rival, threatening jail and an investigation that could bankrupt his organization.

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Top campaign officials told House Republicans they should rebrand the measure the president dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” in a nod to its unpopularity with voters.

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The court said the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, had been illegally terminated “without cause.”

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If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.

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Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.

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Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump’s drive to redraw districts.

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A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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U.S. President Donald Trump on July 6 commented on tech billionaire Elon Musk's plan to create a new political party, calling it "ridiculous" and warning that third-party movements have historically failed in the United States.

"I think creating a third party is ridiculous... we've had tremendous success with the Republican Party," Trump told reporters on July 6 before boarding Air Force One in Morristown. "The Democrats have lost their way, but it's always been a two-party system, and I think creating a third party just adds to the confusion."

These comments came after Musk unveiled plans on July 5 to launch a new political force in the U.S. called the "America Party."

Musk said the party's goal is to "give you back your freedom" and offer an alternative to the entrenched Republican and Democratic systems, a few weeks after a public split with Trump.

The strained relationship between Musk and Trump began to deteriorate significantly after a period when Musk publicly supported Trump's re-election bid and held a high-profile role in the U.S. government's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk's new party announcement followed Trump signing a major tax and spending bill into law, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, legislation that Musk had strongly criticized.

Trump later commented further in a Truth Social post, saying that third parties bring "complete and total disruption and chaos" and criticizing Musk.

"I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely 'off the rails,' essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks," Trump wrote.

Trump also linked Musk's political shift to his frustration over the recently passed Republican bill eliminating the federal electric vehicle mandate.

"It is a Great Bill but, unfortunately for Elon, it eliminates the ridiculous Electric Vehicle (EV) Mandate, which would have forced everyone to buy an Electric Car in a short period of time. I have been strongly opposed to that from the very beginning," Trump added.

Musk led DOGE until May 30 and had been a key figure in dismantling U.S. foreign aid institutions, including USAID, which delivered billions in aid to Ukraine.

Musk launches ‘America Party’ following public feud with Trump

The announcement came a day after Trump signed his sweeping tax cut and spending bill into law, a legislative act that Musk has fiercely opposed.

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