WASHINGTON (AP) — When Elon Musk first suggested a new effort to cut the size of government, Donald Trump didn't seem to take it seriously. His eventual name for the idea sounded like a joke too. It would be called the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a reference to an online meme featuring a surprised-looking dog from Japan.

2. Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans call a "mandate" to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent in the U.S. Congress?

3. Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year - Friday, November 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to stay on the job, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

4. Speaker Johnson begins fight for the House gavel promising to be Trump's 'quarterback' - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

5. Hakeem Jeffries chooses calm over chaos as Democrats work to win the House majority - Friday, November 1, 2024

PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — This election, he has warned, is about the economy. Freedom. Stopping Project 2025 and the MAGA extremes.

And, after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, it's about democracy.

6. Election officials are fighting a tsunami of voting conspiracy theories - Friday, October 18, 2024

ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines reversing votes. More voters registered than people eligible. Large numbers of noncitizens voting.

With less than two weeks before Election Day, a resurgence in conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting is forcing state and local election officials to spend their time debunking rumors and explaining how elections are run at the same time they're overseeing early voting and preparing for Nov. 5.

7. Former President Bill Clinton travels to Georgia to rally rural Black voters to the polls - Friday, October 11, 2024

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Georgia, on Sunday to rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign for the office he once held.

8. Trump lashes out at Harris and 'The View' co-hosts, as Hurricane Milton makes landfall - Friday, October 11, 2024

SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump hurled insults at his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women Wednesday — saying he had no interest in stopping his attacks even if they turn off female voters — as Hurricane Milton made landfall, lashing Florida with rain, tornadoes and tropical-storm-force winds.

9. Trump sets sights on Pennsylvania, Harris plans to head west as hurricane scrambles campaigning - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is holding rallies on Wednesday in pivotal Pennsylvania while Vice President Kamala Harris prepares for another visit to the West — even as Hurricane Milton menaces Florida and threatens to overshadow presidential campaigning.

10. US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a 'truly dangerous narrative' - Friday, October 4, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's top disaster relief official said Sunday that false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene — spread most prominently by Donald Trump — are "demoralizing" aid workers and creating fear in people who need recovery assistance.

11. After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term? - Friday, September 27, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job.

12. A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — One year since Kevin McCarthy was booted from the House speaker's office after Congress voted in a bipartisan way to fund the government and prevent a federal shutdown, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar political fate.

13. Trump wants to lure foreign companies by offering them access to federal land - Friday, September 20, 2024

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to pledge not only to stop U.S. businesses from offshoring jobs, but also to take other countries' jobs and factories.

Among the ideas he is planning to pitch is luring foreign companies to the U.S. by offering them access to federal land. He teased the plan earlier this month when he proposed a cut to the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, but only for companies that produce in the U.S.

14. Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence - Friday, September 13, 2024

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump refused on Friday to weigh in on recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to the debate and several 9/11 memorial events.

15. In a media world that loves sharp lines, discussions of the Trump shooting follow a predictable path - Friday, July 12, 2024

There aren't a lot of facts. There are, however, an avalanche of conclusions.

So it goes in many corners of the news media and among its frequent commentators in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

16. Trump ally Bannon surrenders to federal prison to serve 4-month sentence on contempt charges - Friday, June 28, 2024

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was taken into custody Monday after surrendering at a federal prison to begin a four-month sentence on contempt charges for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack.

17. Trump returns to Capitol Hill and whips up Republican lawmakers in first meeting since Jan. 6 attack - Friday, June 14, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump made a triumphant return Thursday to Capitol Hill, whipping up House and Senate Republicans in his first meetings since the Jan.6, 2021, attacks. He was embraced by GOP lawmakers who find themselves newly energized by his bid to retake the White House.

18. FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts use of 'deadly force' language in FBI document for Mar-a-Lago search - Friday, May 24, 2024

Former President Donald Trump pointed to standard language in an FBI documentunsealed Tuesday to baselessly claim that the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach nearly two years ago.

19. House Republicans ditch their day jobs to stand with Trump, while legislating languishes - Friday, May 17, 2024

Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have repeatedly thrown this Congress into chaos showed up Thursday at Donald Trump's hush money trial to do what they do best.

They stood outside Trump Tower filming their support for the indicted former president. They filed into the Manhattan courthouse "standing back and standing by," as Rep. Matt Gaetz put it — invoking Trump's call to the extremist Proud Boys. They were admonished to put down their cell phones.

20. Speaker Mike Johnson's appearance at Trump's felony trial marks a remarkable moment in US politics - Friday, May 10, 2024

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson assailed the U.S. judicial system on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking Republican to show up at court with Donald Trump and using his powerful position to attack the hush money case against the former president as an illegitimate "sham."

21. House Speaker Mike Johnson survived a motion to vacate. Here's why his job is far from safe. - Friday, May 10, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson's job isn't safe yet. In a stunning show of unity in the often divided House, Democrats joined a majority of Republicans on Wednesday to save the GOP speaker from an attempt by fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to remove him from his post.

22. Rep. Greene and Speaker Johnson meet for a second day as possible vote on his ouster simmers - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson portrayed himself as in control Tuesday, insisting he's not negotiating with far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as they met again at the Capitol and she weighed whether to proceed with a vote on his ouster.

23. Hakeem Jeffries isn't speaker yet, but the Democrat may be the most powerful person in Congress - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Without wielding the gavel or holding a formal job laid out in the Constitution, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries might very well be the most powerful person in Congress right now.

The minority leader of the House Democrats, it was Jeffries who provided the votes needed to keep the government running despite opposition from House Republicans to prevent a federal shutdown.

24. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to force a vote next week on ousting House Speaker - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Wednesday she would call a vote next week on ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson, forcing her colleagues to choose sides in a difficult showdown after Democratic leaders announced they would provide the votes to save the Republican speaker's job.

25. As border debate shifts right, Sen. Alex Padilla emerges as persistent counterforce for immigrants - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had a question. "Is it true?" Biden asked Sen. Alex Padilla, referencing the roughly 25% of U.S. students in kindergarten through high school who are Latino. Padilla said the question came as he was waiting with the president in a back room at a library in Culver City, California before an event in February.

26. Democrats say they will save Speaker Mike Johnson's job if Republicans try to oust him - Friday, April 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats will vote to save Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's job should some of his fellow Republican lawmakers seek to remove him from the position, Democratic leaders said Tuesday, likely assuring for now that Johnson will avoid being ousted from office like his predecessor, former Rep. Kevin McCarthy.

27. Biden says the US is rushing weaponry to Ukraine as he signs a $95 billion war aid measure into law - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he was immediately rushing badly needed weaponry to Ukraine as he signed into law a $95 billion war aid measure that also included assistance for Israel, Taiwan and other global hotspots.

28. Seeking 'the right side of history,' Speaker Mike Johnson risks his job to deliver aid to Ukraine - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Staring down a decision so consequential it could alter the course of history -- but also end his own career -- House Speaker Mike Johnson prayed for guidance.

29. Ukraine, Israel aid advances in rare House vote as Democrats help Republicans push it forward - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — With rare bipartisan momentum, the House pushed ahead Friday on a foreign aid package of $95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and humanitarian support as a robust coalition of lawmakers helped it clear a procedural hurdle to reach final votes this weekend. Friday's vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson's plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94. Final House approval could come this weekend, when the package would be sent to the Senate.

30. Democrats weigh prospect of helping Johnson save his job as House speaker - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Democrats are entertaining the prospect of coming to House Speaker Mike Johnson's rescue should Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., force a vote seeking his ouster, though it will likely depend on his ability to deliver an emergency aid package focused on Ukraine and Israel.

31. Trump goes from court to campaign at a bodega in his heavily Democratic hometown - Friday, April 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Fresh from a Manhattan courtroom, Donald Trump visited a New York bodega where a man was stabbed to death, a stark pivot for the former president as he juggles being a criminal defendant and the Republican challenger intent on blaming President Joe Biden for crime.

32. House's Ukraine, Israel aid package gains Biden's support as Speaker Johnson fights to keep his job - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending crucial bipartisan support to the effort this week to approve $95 billion in funding for the U.S. allies.

33. Senate dismisses one of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security secretary - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to dismiss the first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first step in ending its trial on his handling of the the U.S.-Mexico border,

34. Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.

35. House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce immigration laws.

36. House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with White House to advance Ukraine aid - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is negotiating with the White House as he prepares for the treacherous task of advancing wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel through the House, a top House Republican said Thursday.

37. House passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data.

38. Trump to host embattled Speaker Mike Johnson as House swirls in turmoil - Friday, April 12, 2024

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is making a campaign pilgrimage Friday to visit Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, a rite of passage as the embattled Republican leader positions himself, and his GOP majority, side-by-side with the indicted ex-president.

39. Speaker Johnson to meet with Trump, offers Marjorie Taylor Greene advisory role as own job teeters - Friday, April 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — His job on the line, House Speaker Mike Johnson is dashing to Florida to meet with Donald Trump this week and has offered far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a seat on his own "kitchen cabinet" as he draws closer to the MAGA forces that now dominate the GOP.

40. Ukraine will be outgunned by Russia 10 to 1 in weeks without US help, top Europe general says - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top general for U.S. forces in Europe told Congress Wednesday that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.

41. GOP's Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson, blistering his leadership in a lengthy letter to colleagues and renewing threats of a snap vote that could remove him from office.

42. Austin tells Congress Israel is taking steps to boost aid to Gaza as lawmakers question US support - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Tuesday that pressure on Israel to improve humanitarian aid to Gaza appears to be working, but he said more must be done, and it remains to be seen if the improvement will continue.

43. Blinken, Cameron urge Congress to approve aid for Ukraine, calling it critical for world security - Friday, April 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Congress on Tuesday to approve new military aid for Ukraine, saying the stalled funding is critical for U.S., European and world security.

44. House Speaker Mike Johnson is committed to advancing Ukraine aid. But it will be a difficult task - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House.

45. What's next now that Speaker Johnson is facing a motion to vacate - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Barely six months into the job, House Speaker Mike Johnson is already at risk of the same conservative revolt that took down his predecessor.

The Louisiana Republican, who only took the gavel in October after weeks of GOP infighting, was put on "warning" by one of his harshest critics Friday after he helped push through a $1.2 trillion spending package with majority Democratic votes despite heavy criticism from his right flank.

46. Republican Rep. Greene files motion to oust Speaker Johnson - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson is at risk of being ousted after hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a motion to vacate on Friday in the middle of a House vote on a $1.2 trillion package to keep the government open.

47. House approves $1.2 trillion package of spending bills before shutdown deadline, Senate up next - Friday, March 22, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall.

48. Trump's team is slashing Republican National Committee staff amid takeover, AP sources say - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just days after installing his new leadership team at the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump's lieutenants are cutting dozens of staff across key departments in an aggressive move that further cements the former president's takeover of the GOP's political and fundraising machinery.

49. Biden says her name — Laken Riley — at urging of GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was what the Republicans demanded, but never expected.

President Joe Biden said her name.

"Laken Riley."

Even before Biden started speaking, the topic of border security was certain to rise as one of the most tense moments in the State of the Union address.

50. Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term - Friday, March 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing "resentment, revenge and retribution" and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.

51. Supreme Court rejects appeal from 3 GOP House members over $500 mask fines - Friday, February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 on 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.

52. GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas — by one vote — over border management - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.

53. House GOP will try again to impeach Mayorkas after failing once. But outcome is still uncertain - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Having failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas the first time, House Republicans are determined to try again Tuesday, but it's not at all certain the do-over vote will produce a better tally after last week's politically embarrassing setback.

54. Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as GOP revolts - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House.

A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled.

55. House Republicans are ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Vote will be close - Friday, February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House has opened debate ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday over border security, a deeply partisan and highly unusual attack on a Cabinet official that has drawn concerns from constitutional scholars and rebuke from Democrats.

56. House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue.

57. House Republicans taking a key vote toward impeaching Mayorkas as border becomes 2024 campaign issue - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are preparing to take a key vote Tuesday toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they call his "willful and systematic" refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue.

58. Johnson warns Senate against border deal, suggesting it will be 'dead on arrival' - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson took a strong stand Friday against a bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures with Ukraine aid, sending a letter to colleagues that aligns him with hardline conservatives determined to sink the compromise on border and immigration policy.

59. Trump racks up endorsements from Republicans in Congress as resistance fades - Friday, January 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Donald Trump announced his campaign to retake the White House, he launched a quieter campaign to rack up Republican endorsements.

In early 2021, after Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden and inspired a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol trying to overturn the 2020 election, the defeated president started laying the groundwork for the support in Congress he would need for a return.

60. With Trump closing in on nomination, the effective audition to become his vice president is underway - Friday, January 19, 2024

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — As she addressed a crushing crowd of volunteers and media at Donald Trump's New Hampshire headquarters on Saturday, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik received a welcome chant.

"VP! VP! VP!" one man shouted across the room.

61. Trump wins Iowa's leadoff caucuses, while DeSantis takes second ahead of Haley - Friday, January 12, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has won Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in second.

Trump's victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire. And DeSantis' runner-up finish over former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley gives him a badly needed dose of momentum.

62. Trump skips much of the final week before Iowa's caucuses to go to court voluntarily instead - Friday, January 12, 2024

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — While his rivals contend with snow drifts and frigid temperatures as they make their last-ditch pitch to Iowa voters, former President Donald Trump has spent much of the week before the caucuses in court instead, by choice.

63. Hunter Biden makes surprise visit to Capitol Hill as GOP takes a first step to hold him in contempt - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden made a surprise visit to a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday, stirring a political frenzy as Republicans were taking the first step toward holding President Joe Biden's son in contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena.

64. As House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas, senators want to strike a border deal with him - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marching ahead with multiple impeachment plans, House Republicans set their sights Wednesday on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they intend to prove is "derelict in his duty" over handling the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.

65. Judge in Trump's DC election case is targeted by fake emergency call in latest high-profile swatting - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against former president Donald Trump was targeted by a fake emergency call Sunday night, the latest in a spate of similar false swatting reports at the homes of public officials in recent days.

66. Trump asks US Supreme Court to overturn Colorado ruling barring him from ballot over Jan. 6 attack - Friday, January 5, 2024

DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who "engaged in insurrection" will end his political career.

67. Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states' authority to block former president - Friday, December 29, 2023

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to return to the White House.

68. GOP Rep. George Santos refuses to resign, warns his expulsion from Congress would set a precedent - Friday, December 1, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant Rep. George Santos is refusing to resign and warned on Thursday that his expulsion from Congress before being convicted in a court of law would establish a precedent that "is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body."

69. House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to prevent a government shutdown after new Republican Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to reach across the aisle to Democrats when hard-right conservatives revolted against his plan.

70. House pushes off impeachment of Homeland Secretary Mayorkas for handling of southern border - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Monday to push off a Republican effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending for now a threat against the Cabinet secretary that has been brewing ever since Republicans took the House majority in January.

71. The last government shutdown deadline ousted the House speaker. This week's showdown could be easier - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Congress tried to fund the government to prevent a federal shutdown, it cost House Speaker Kevin McCarthy his job.

This time, new Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana appeared on track Tuesday for a temporarily better outcome as the House prepared to vote on a stopgap package to keep the government running into the new year. If approved, the Senate would act next, ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.

72. House votes to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her Israel-Hamas rhetoric in a stunning rebuke - Friday, November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted late Tuesday to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan — the only Palestinian American in Congress — an extraordinary rebuke of her rhetoric about the Israel-Hamas war.

73. Rep. Santos survives effort to expel him from the House. But he still faces an ethics report - Friday, November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.

74. Hearing to determine if Trump can be barred from office reaches far back in history for answers - Friday, November 3, 2023

DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's "insurrection clause" turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates.

75. House rejects effort to censure Tlaib over the Palestinian-American's rhetoric about Israel - Friday, November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House late Wednesday rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

76. Rep. Santos survives effort to expel him from the House, still faces ethics report - Friday, November 3, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the House as most Republicans and 31 Democrats opted to withhold punishment while both his criminal trial and a House Ethics Committee investigation proceed.

77. Trial to determine if Trump can be barred from offices reaches far back in history for answers - Friday, October 27, 2023

DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution's "insurrection clause" turned to distant history on Wednesday, when a law professor testified about how the post-Civil War provision was indeed intended to apply to presidential candidates.

78. House weighs censure efforts against Tlaib, Taylor Greene over rhetoric - Friday, October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected on Wednesday to consider resolutions that would punish two of its most polarizing members, Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, in a partisan tit-for-tat over inflammatory rhetoric.

79. New US House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one - Friday, October 27, 2023

The new leader of one of the chambers of Congress that will certify the winner of next year's presidential election helped spearhead the attempt to overturn the last one, raising alarms that Republicans could try to subvert the will of the voters if they remain in power despite safeguards enacted after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

80. New US House speaker tried to help overturn the 2020 election, raising concerns about the next one - Friday, October 27, 2023

The new leader of one of the chambers of Congress that will certify the winner of next year's presidential election helped spearhead the attempt to overturn the last one, raising alarms that Republicans could try to subvert the will of the voters if they remain in power despite safeguards enacted after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

81. Johnson, a staunch conservative from Louisiana, is elected House speaker with broad GOP support - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans unanimously elected Rep. Mike Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, eagerly elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the major seat of U.S. power and ending for now the weeks of political chaos in their majority.

82. Emmer withdraws as GOP nominee for speaker - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel.

83. There's a long list of candidates for House speaker as Republicans try voting again on a new leader - Friday, October 20, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans are meeting privately Tuesday to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting a broken, bitter GOP majority and returning to the work of governing in Congress.

84. It’s up to Franklin voters to show Hanson some real ‘values’ - Friday, October 20, 2023

I’m beginning to think Phil Williams ought to be paying Gabrielle Hanson a commission. He’s been making a living and striking journalistic gold of late while mining her background for political dirt.

85. Biden campaign launches account on Trump's Truth Social, saying 'converts welcome' - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden 's 2024 campaign launched an account on Donald Trump 's Truth Social on Monday, attempting to poke online fun at the Republican candidate he may well face again in next fall's election.

86. GOP's Scalise ends his bid to become House speaker as Republican holdouts refuse to back the nominee - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Steve Scalise ended his bid to become House speaker late Thursday after hardline holdouts refused to back the party's nominee, throwing the GOP majority into deeper chaos and leaving the chamber still unable to function.

87. Scalise is seen as a fighter, but becoming House speaker might require a brawl - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With his walker positioned on the mound, Rep. Steve Scalise threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington Nationals ballpark, a breathtaking comeback for the Republican congressman who just months earlier was fighting for his life after a gunman had opened fire on lawmakers at their own charity baseball game practice.

88. Hard-line Republicans won't back Scalise for speaker and frustration grows as the House sits idle - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nominated to be House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise on Thursday ran straight into a familiar, intensifying Republican problem: Skeptical GOP colleagues are refusing to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel.

89. Republicans nominate Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly, elect him - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans nominated Rep. Steve Scalise on Wednesday to be the next House speaker but struggled to quickly unite their deeply divided majority and elect the conservative in a public floor vote after the historic ousting of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job.

90. Trump endorses Jordan to succeed McCarthy as House speaker - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

91. Trump might visit Capitol to address Republicans as they pick a new speaker: AP sources - Friday, October 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President and GOP front-runner Donald Trump is in talks to visit Capitol Hill next week as Republicans debate who should be the next speaker of the House following Kevin McCarthy's stunning ouster, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

92. McCarthy's ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stunning removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift as Republicans struggle to bring order to their fractured majority and begin the difficult and potentially prolonged process of uniting around a new leader.

93. McCarthy becomes the first speaker ever to be ousted from the job in a House vote - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history that was forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and threw the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.

94. Congress is moving into crisis mode as time runs short to avoid a government shutdown - Friday, September 22, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is rushing headlong into crisis mode Tuesday with a government shutdown days away, as Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces an insurgency from hard-right Republicans eager to slash spending even if it means halting pay for the military and curtailing federal services for millions of Americans.

95. The Republicans most at risk in next year's election are falling in line behind impeachment inquiry - Friday, September 15, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republicans whose elections in swing districts next year will determine which party gains control of the House are overwhelmingly voicing their support for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. It's a stance, Democrats say, that could come back to haunt them.

96. As Trump, Republicans target Georgia's Fani Willis for retribution, the state's governor opts out - Friday, August 25, 2023

ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republicans in Washington and Georgia began attacking Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis immediately after she announced the Aug. 14 indictment of former President Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. But others, including Gov. Brian Kemp, have been conspicuous in their unwillingness to pile on.

97. One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot - Friday, August 25, 2023

A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.

When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life. Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of frame more commonly associated with drug dealers or drunken drivers. The trappings of power gone, for that split second.

98. 'Bidenomics' delivered a once-in-generation investment. It shows the pros and cons of policymaking - Friday, August 11, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — There are so many dots on the maps they blur into blobs — each one reflecting trillions of public and private dollars flowing in the U.S. this past year to build thousands of roads, bridges and manufacturing projects in communities large and small, in states red and blue.

99. Should Trump go to jail? The 2024 election could become a referendum on that question - Friday, August 4, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 election will determine whether Donald Trump returns to the White House. It could also decide if he'll face time behind bars.

For Trump, who's now facing his third criminal indictment — this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and block the transfer of presidential power — winning is about more than ego, redemption, score-settling or the future of the country.

100. Republicans don't dare criticize Trump over Jan. 6. Their silence fuels his bid for the White House - Friday, August 4, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Senate Leader Mitch McConnell rose to announce his vote to acquit Donald Trump of impeachment charges in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the Republican assured the public the former president would have his day in court.