LISA MASCARO

AP Congressional Correspondent
Voters mark their ballots while voting at Centennial Hall at the Milwaukee Central Library on Election Day Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Kayla Wolf)
Republican bill requiring proof of citizenship for voting passes US House
Vermont’s Democratic secretary of state says Republican legislation passed by the U.S. House that would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections is part of a strategy to make voting harder.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House approves budget framework for Trump’s ‘big’ bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework. The 216-214 tally was a turnaround for Speaker Mike Johnson after abruptly postponing Wednesday’s vote.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber after an essential procedural vote passed in the House to advance President Donald Trump's top domestic priorities on spending reductions and tax breaks, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House GOP holdouts threaten Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill as Speaker Johnson postpones vote
House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux. President Donald Trump admonished the holdouts to “stop showboating” and vote.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters about his push for a House-Senate compromise budget resolution to advance President Donald Trump's agenda, even with opposition from hard-line conservative Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts faces opposition from House Republican holdouts
House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself in a familiar jam, with conservative Republican holdouts stalling action on President Donald Trump’s “big” bill of tax breaks and spending reductions.
 
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., speaks during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Tentative deal is reached in House Republican fight over proxy voting for new parents
A tentative deal has been reached in the House in the fight over proxy voting for new parents. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida, who has been leading the bipartisan push for proxy voting, reached the tentative deal.
 
President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One after speaking with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, April 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Takeaways from the Senate budget vote: Tariff pressure, debt worries and signs of GOP unease
The political battle lines are drawn for a debate in Washington and beyond over a Republican budget plan that’s a cornerstone of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda.
 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts after late-night session
The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts. The mostly party-line vote came early Saturday after a late-night session.
 
President Donald Trump, center, arrives on Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Trump abruptly fires the 4-star general who headed the National Security Agency
U.S. officials and members of Congress say President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency. The White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the action.
 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republicans moving ahead with Trump’s ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts amid tariff uproar
After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts. But it’s coming at a risky moment for the U.S. and global economy after his announcement of steep tariffs.
 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, talks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump gives GOP senators his support as they charge ahead on tax package and spending cuts
Republican senators unveiled a budget proposal that’s central to President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security. Trump says the plan has his “complete and total support.”
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions on tariffs while meeting with reporters at a news conference, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Speaker Johnson suffers a defeat in his push to block parents in the U.S. House from proxy voting
House Speaker Mike Johnson suffered a decisive defeat after he tried and failed to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns. Two new moms, Republican Rep.
 
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., testifies during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on her pending confirmation to be the United Nations Ambassador, on Capitol Hill, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)
Trump withdraws Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination for UN ambassador, citing tight GOP House margin
The White House has pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
 
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., listen at the annual St. Patrick's Day luncheon at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republicans eye actions against the courts and judges as Trump rails against rulings
Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary. They have proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges.
 
House Committee on the Judiciary Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Top House Democrats seek DOGE details, questioning if it operates ‘outside the bounds’ of US law
Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees have filed a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request about the Department of Government Efficiency.
 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks at his watch before a television interview as the Senate works to avert a partial government shutdown ahead of the midnight deadline, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Senate approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, sending to Trump for signature
The Senate has passed a Republican-led six-month spending bill hours before a government shutdown, overcoming sharp Democratic opposition to the measure. The bill now goes to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. The vote was 54-46.
 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, walks with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., as Senate Democrats gather behind closed doors to mount a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Schumer to advance GOP funding bill, unwilling to risk government shutdown as deadline nears
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters as House Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim GOP spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, at the Capitol, in Washington, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
‘In DOGE we trust': House GOP governs by embracing Trump’s effort to cut government
House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.
 
Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., attends a meeting of the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
House GOP campaign chairman says voters will ‘reward us’ for the Trump-Musk DOGE cuts
The chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm election that are some 20 months away. Republican Rep.
 
Elon Musk departs the Capitol following a meeting with Senate Republicans, in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Elon Musk tells Republican lawmakers he’s not to blame for federal firings
Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he’s not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government. He’s saying in private meetings this week that those decisions are left to federal agencies.
 
Elon Musk leaves after meeting with Senate Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Elon Musk comes to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans who discuss turning DOGE cuts into law
Elon Musk has visited Capitol Hill for private meetings with Republicans about his Department of Government Efficiency’s budget slashing.
 
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, is removed from the chamber as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)
Rep. Al Green shouts down Trump and may face censure by the House for the outburst
Rep. Al Green of Texas wasn’t the first lawmaker ever to blurt out a protest during a presidential address to Congress.
 
Rep. Gerald Connolly, D-Va., left, says hello to House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee on Government Operations ranking member, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., during a subcommittee hearing, May 17, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, FIle)
Democrats seek to probe Musk conflicts and DOGE firings with resolutions of inquiry in the House
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are introducing two resolutions demanding the Trump administration turn over information about billionaire adviser Elon Musk’s potential conflicts of interest and firing of federal workers.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., walks through the Capitol, Monday, March 3, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Speaker Johnson tells GOP lawmakers to skip town halls after an onslaught of protests
House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.
 
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump, center, as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Trump pauses US military aid to Ukraine while pressuring Zelenskyy to move toward quick end to war
President Donald Trump has directed a “pause” to U.S. assistance to Ukraine after a disastrous Oval Office meeting as he seeks to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to engage in negotiations to end the war with Russia.
 
President Donald Trump gestures at the end of his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him
President Donald Trump is heading to Capitol Hill this week to deliver a speech to Congress. Trump will be speaking to the coequal branch of government he has bulldozed past this first month in office, wielding unimaginable executive power.
 
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, is joined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for a news conference in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Democratic activists fueled anti-Trump protests at GOP town halls but also rage at their own party
Democrats filled Republican town halls during the congressional break to protest President Donald Trump’s power grab in Washington.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
What’s next for Trump agenda after House GOP approves tax breaks and slashed spending in budget
Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work.
 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, of La., with House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, from left, Rep. Tim Moore, R-N.C. and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, of La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
House GOP pushes ‘big’ budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump’s agenda
House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump.
 
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., calls on a reporter, Feb. 19, 2025, after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Democrats channel their outrage over DOGE, Ukraine and more in marathon Senate session
The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much more.
 
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after meeting with Vice President JD Vance and fellow Republicans to discuss President Donald Trump's agenda at a luncheon, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Republicans approve budget framework, pushing past Democratic objections after all-night vote
Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote.
 
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