Ten years ago this month, nine conservative House Republicans, frustrated with the party’s leadership, met at the conference’s retreat in Hershey, Pennsylvania, to form their own caucus. “The original working title was the Reasonable Nutjob Caucus,
A new rift has opened in the House Republican caucus over how best to carry out President Donald Trump’s sweeping “Make America Great Again” agenda. Conservative hardliners left the House GOP’s annual issues conference this week arguing leadership hasn’t found a path forward to effectively overhaul the federal government.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their “phase one” proposal Thursday for legislation to carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda, calling for billions of dollars in ...
The president of an advocacy group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence praised President Trump’s 2024 election victory in a new interview but argued that Republicans will not fall in line
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said he expects President Donald Trump will withhold federal dollars from those who don’t comply with mass deportation and other policies — potentially even in ...
Trump’s move to pause all federal grants and loans is a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who is often considered an institutionalist who has insisted upon the importance of Congressional power. “I don’t think putting a hold on things is extraordinary.”
President Donald Trump wants to enact a sweeping, conservative agenda. House Speaker Mike Johnson could be key to getting that done.
And when it comes to the heart of Trump’s agenda — a sprawling party-line effort encompassing border, energy and tax policy — key strategic questions remain in flux. Once they agree on the general direction of travel, leaders will then have to navigate a thicket of nasty intraparty disputes on the policies themselves.
After fours years of criticizing budget deficits under Joe Biden, Republicans now have a math problem of their own.
Trump, who won Arizona — a “purple” swing state — by more than 5 percentage points in 2024 after losing to former President Joe Biden in 2020, encouraged businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson to jump in the race in 2026 while delivering his victory speech in Phoenix in December.
U.S. Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) said he expects President-elect Donald Trump will withhold federal dollars from those who don’t comply with mass deportation and other policies, including in
Chip Roy headed to Mar-a-Lago to make peace. Roy was a rare House conservative who opposed efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Congress. After the Jan. 6 attack, he argued that Donald Trump had engaged in “clearly impeachable conduct.