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A homeless woman smokes fentanyl in a park June 28, 2024, in downtown Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Senate passes bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers

The Senate has passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers. Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Friday were trying to show they can act to rein in distribution of the deadly drug.
 
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

 
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., checks his phone as he arrives to meet with reporters as Republicans push ahead with a go-it-alone strategy on an interim 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)

House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate

 
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

 
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In Trump’s quest to close the Education Department, Congress and his own agenda may get in the way

 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., closes with the gavel after he and members of the House took the oath of office as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote

 
FILE- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health, speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

US Rep. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky to lead panel overseeing issues affecting daily lives of public

 
FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks at meeting of the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s pick to run the DEA withdraws his name from consideration. Trump says he pulled the plug

 
President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024 in Boca Chica, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP)

Chronister’s withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees

 

Republican Thomas Massie wins Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District

 

Republican Thomas Massie wins Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District

 
FILE - Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., speaks during a TV news interview at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. Fresh off his role in a failed attempt to topple the House speaker, Republican Rep. Massie downplayed any political fallout back home in Kentucky as he looked to maintain his dominance in his solidly conservative district as Bluegrass State voters headed to the polls Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Massie’s role in failed bid to oust House speaker doesn’t affect his victory in Kentucky GOP primary

 
FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected appeals from three Republican U.S. House members who challenged fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor in 2021. The justices did not comment in leaving in place $500 fines issued in May 2021 to U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Supreme Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines

 
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a rally at McDivot's Indoor Sports Pub in Grimes, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Ron DeSantis heads into the Iowa caucuses displaying public confidence and a sense of humor

 
Local residents pray during a candlelight vigil following a shooting at Perry High School, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Perry, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The Perry school shooting creates new questions for Republicans in Iowa’s presidential caucuses

 
Republican presidential candidate former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a town hall campaign event, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Haley slams DeSantis for stumping in Iowa with Massie, who’s opposed votes condemning antisemitism

 
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is followed by reporters as he walks to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Live updates | Jordan loses 20 Republicans in speaker’s vote, creating uphill climb to win gavel

 
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's harshest critics, answers questions from members of the media after speaking on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Gaetz has said he plans to use a procedural tool called a motion to vacate to try and strip McCarthy of his office as soon as this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rep. Matt Gaetz files motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, throwing House into new turmoil

 
FILE - Kentucky gubernatorial candidates, from left, Eric Deters, Daniel Cameron, Kelly Craft, Ryan Quarles and Alan Keck get ready before the start of the Kentucky Gubernatorial GOP Primary Debate in Lexington, Ky., May 1, 2023. On Friday, June 30, Republican infighting erupted in Kentucky over gubernatorial nominee Cameron's plans to attend a rally sponsored by Deters, who is now looking to challenge an incumbent GOP congressman next year. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Cameron bows out of Kentucky political event hosted by possible Rep. Massie challenger

 

Gubernatorial nominee’s plans to attend rally spark Republican infighting in Kentucky