Speaker Mike Johnson and Donald Trump’s team are circling a new federal funding stopgap plan that includes disaster aid, pushing off a debt limit fight for two years and a one-year farm bill extension, according to two Republicans familiar with

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared to shut down Republicans’ push to raise the debt ceiling in a Thursday morning social media post. “GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the

🗓️ What we're watching President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance injected themselves further into an escalating fight over federal spending, insisting that Congress raise the nation’s debt ceiling and cut a range of spending proposals. In

Mike Johnson’s in a terrible spot, with a government shutdown deadline looming in less than 48 hours and no obvious way out. Conservatives are furious, rank-and-file members are exasperated, and President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to primary his members and

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has landed at the Energy Department’s headquarters. Members of the Trump transition arrived at the Energy Department on Tuesday to meet for the first time with department leaders, a DOE spokesperson said Wednesday. “Department officials