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FILE – Airboats carry members of a task force that brings together federal, state, tribal and local agencies working to restore and protect the Florida Everglades, on a field visit to the Miccosukee Indian Reservation ahead of a task force meeting hosted by the Miccosukee Tribe, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

U.S. House refuses to override Trump veto of bill that would’ve helped fund Colorado water pipeline

January 8, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

The House refused Thursday to override President Donald Trump鈥檚 vetoes of two low-profile bills as Republicans stuck with the president despite their prior support for the measures.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through the Capitol, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown and they鈥檙e daring Democrats to oppose it

March 8, 2025 at 1:11 p.m.

Congress must act by midnight Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, takes his seat as the panel convenes to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees in the closing weeks of the 118th Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump pick Kash Patel must prove he鈥檒l restore public faith in the FBI, a leading GOP senator says

December 2, 2024 at 12:18 p.m.

Donald Trump鈥檚 drive to upend the FBI was welcomed by Republican senators although it was not clear on Sunday how strongly members of the incoming majority party would embrace his...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on funding bill with proof of citizenship mandate despite dim prospects

September 10, 2024 at 5:34 p.m.

House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Tuesday to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for new voters as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown in three...

The Capitol dome on Capitol Hill is seen through a glass structure in Washington, on April 6, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as “unserious and unacceptable”

September 9, 2024 at 8:32 p.m.

Calling it “unserious and unacceptable,” House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected on Monday a proposal from Speaker Mike Johnson that links continued government funding for six months with a measure...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after lawmakers pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ukraine and Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward

April 19, 2024 at 1:45 p.m.

With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support.

This combination photo of the Republican chairs of three House committees who announced they will not seek reelection shows Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., on Feb. 6, 2024, from left, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., on Feb. 14, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., on March 28, 2023. The announcements are raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress is driving out some of the GOP’s top talent. (AP Photo)

A chaotic U.S. House is losing three Republican committee chairs to retirement in the span of a week

February 16, 2024 at 9:31 a.m.

In a single week, the Republican chairs of three U.S. House committees announced they would not be seeking reelection, raising questions about whether the chaos that has reigned this Congress...

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How health care for vets became fight in Congress, explained

August 2, 2022 at 5:39 a.m.

A bill that would enhance health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits hit a snag in the Senate last week, angering advocates like...

House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

July 29, 2022 at 7:19 p.m.

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used...

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson glances at members of the media during her meeting with Sen Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Murkowski, Romney back Jackson, all but assure confirmation

April 5, 2022 at 12:21 p.m.

Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney say they will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic elevation to the Supreme Court, giving President Joe Biden's nominee a burst...

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