WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.

2. Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's agenda - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are "ready to deliver" President-elect Donald Trump's agenda after his election victory, insisting the GOP won't make the mistakes of last time and will be much better prepared for a second-term Trump White House

3. Congress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump's hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed by eager Republican allies eyeing a full sweep of power on Capitol Hill while Democrats are sorting out what went wrong.

4. GOP picks up more key House seats while Democrats insist they still have a path to a majority - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor, while Democrats insisted they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted.

5. GOP picks up more key House seats while Democrats insist they still have a path to a majority - Friday, November 8, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders projected confidence Thursday that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor, while Democrats insisted they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted.

6. Control of Congress is at stake and with it a president's agenda - Friday, November 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress is at stake Tuesday, with ever-tight races for the House and Senate that will determine which party holds the majority and the power to boost or block a president's agenda, or if the White House confronts a divided Capitol Hill.

7. 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.

8. Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries arrested on federal sex trafficking charges - Friday, October 18, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, his romantic partner and a third man were arrested Tuesday on charges of luring men into drug-laced, outlandish and coercive sex parties held around the world by dangling the promise of modeling for the retailer's once-defining beefcake ads.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash's statue: A monument to the singer is unveiled at the US Capitol - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnny Cash can now be seen in the unlikeliest of venues: the U.S. Capitol.

Congressional leaders, Arkansas lawmakers and members of the Cash family were on hand Tuesday for the unveiling of a bronze statue depicting the "Man in Black."

12. Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election.

13. House unanimously votes to boost Trump security as Congress scrambles to ensure candidate safety - Friday, September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the nation's presidential candidates safe amid repeated threats of violence. It's unclear, though, how much they can do with only weeks before the election, or if additional dollars would make an immediate difference.

14. Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as 'unserious and unacceptable' - Friday, September 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

15. What to watch on the Democratic National Convention's third day in Chicago - Friday, August 16, 2024

CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention heads into its third day on Wednesday.

After receiving the blessing of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, the focus on the second to last day of the DNC shifts to Kamala Harris' vice presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The former school teacher and football coach is expected to accept the Democratic nomination as the party makes the case that Americans' fundamental freedoms are at risk if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

16. Pennsylvania congressman chosen to lead House task force investigating Trump assassination attempt - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania congressman who witnessed the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump firsthand will lead the House task force charged with investigating what went wrong and recommending solutions to help ensure such an attack doesn't happen again.

17. House Republicans vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration's handling of border policy - Friday, July 26, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are moving quickly to emphasize Vice President Kamala Harris's role in the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, passing a resolution Thursday that condemns her performance in the job.

18. Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting, state police boss says - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at former President Donald Trump left to go search for the man before the shooting, the head of Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday, raising questions about whether a key post was left unattended as the shooter climbed onto a roof.

19. Obama's dilemma: Balancing Democrats' worry about Biden and maintaining influence with president - Friday, July 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has a delicate balance to strike: how to weigh the mounting opposition to President Joe Biden continuing his campaign with his loyalty to his former running mate.

20. Pelosi and Democratic leaders try to guide their party through Biden uproar - Friday, July 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi's phone lit up the night of President Joe Biden's debate performance with a question that has yet to be fully resolved: Now what?

Calls kept coming the morning after Biden's agonizing face-off against Republican Donald Trump, and anxious lawmakers surrounded Pelosi later on the House floor.

21. Biden's support on Capitol Hill grimly uncertain. A seventh Democrat says he should drop out - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — The mood on Capitol Hill turned grimly uncertain Tuesday as Democrats wrestled over President Joe Biden's reelection and the extraordinary question before them — whether to stand behind his candidacy or push the president to bow out amid concerns over his ability to lead them to victory.

22. Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A defiant President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from Democrats to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness. But in an ominous sign for the president, a leading ally publicly suggested a way that the party might choose someone else.

23. From raising alarm to backing Biden, Democrats in Congress grapple with debate aftermath - Friday, July 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history.

24. Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24 - Friday, June 7, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, setting the stage for what is expected to be a contentious speech at a crucial moment for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a "ferocious surge" in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.

28. 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.

29. In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war - Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday decried a "ferocious surge" in antisemitism on college campuses and around the globe in the months since Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza, using a ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust to also denounce new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. 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.

35. 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.

36. House leaders toil to advance Ukraine and Israel aid. But threats to oust speaker grow - Friday, April 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House congressional leaders were toiling Thursday on a delicate, bipartisan push toward weekend votes to approve a $95 billion package of foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as several other national security policies at a critical moment at home and abroad.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.

40. 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.

41. 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.

42. Biden and congressional leaders announce a deal on government funding as a partial shutdown looms - Friday, March 15, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on this fiscal year's final set of spending bills. Now, the question is how fast lawmakers can get the bills passed to avoid a partial government shutdown.

43. Congressional leaders invite prime minister of Japan to address Congress in April - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have invited the prime minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, to address a joint meeting of Congress on April 11, saying the relationship between the U.S. and Japan has proven to be a force for good and a catalyst for prosperity.

44. McConnell's exit as Senate leader means new uncertainty as GOP falls in line with Trump - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Long before Sen. Mitch McConnell surprised colleagues Wednesday announcing he would step down as the Republican leader this fall, he knew the time had come.

Hard-right Republican senators aligned with Donald Trump wanted to oust him. Trump was easily becoming the party's frontrunner for a do-over election with President Joe Biden. And, having largely recovered his health from a devastating fall last year, McConnell was back on his game.

45. Days from a government shutdown Congress is racing to strike a deal. But aid for Ukraine is stalled - Friday, February 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before a possible partial government shutdown, negotiators in Congress worked furiously Wednesday to finish up a federal spending plan as Washington joined Ukraine and other American allies around the world in watching and waiting for House Speaker Mike Johnson's next move.

46. How Jeffries' Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership - Friday, February 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stood together at the annual National Prayer Breakfast — an opportunity, in the words of one introductory speaker, to "put our political differences aside."

47. Biden implores Congress to avoid a government shutdown, send urgent aid to Ukraine and Israel - Friday, February 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden implored the top four leaders of Congress Tuesday to act quickly to avoid a looming government shutdown early next month and to pass emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel, as a legislative logjam in the GOP-led House showed no signs of abating.

48. Biden is summoning congressional leaders to the White House to talk Ukraine and government funding - Friday, February 23, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as averting a looming government shutdown next month, according to a White House official.

49. Biden says Navalny's reported death brings new urgency to the need for more US aid to Ukraine - Friday, February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that the apparent death of Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny brings new urgency to the need for Congress to approve tens of billions of dollars for Ukraine to stave off Moscow's invasion.

50. House blocks effort from New York Republicans to boost 'SALT' tax deduction - Friday, February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A longshot bid to temporarily double a $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions for most married couples went down to defeat Wednesday in the House.

The limit was put in place as part of the sweeping tax cuts that a Republican-led Congress passed during then-President Donald Trump's administration. The so-called SALT cap has led to bigger tax bills for many residents of New York, New Jersey, California and other high-cost, high-tax states, and is an important campaign issue in those states.

51. GOP Speaker Johnson says House won't be 'rushed' to approve aid for Ukraine as $95B package stalls - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday the U.S. House will not feel "rushed" to pass the $95.3 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, signaling a further stall over sending military hardware and munitions Kyiv badly needs to fight Russia.

52. Biden warns opposing Ukraine funding plays 'into Putin's hands,' but faces resistance in House - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for House Republicans to urgently bring a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote, warning that refusal to take up the bill, passed by the Senate in the morning, would be "playing into Putin's hands."

53. Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, then scramble to find support for Ukraine aid - Friday, February 9, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wartime aid for Ukraine was left hanging in the Senate Wednesday after Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package that had been tied to the funding, then struggled to coalesce around a plan to salvage the aid for Kyiv.

54. Senate Republicans block bipartisan border package, scuttling deal they had demanded from Democrats - Friday, February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings.

55. Aid package for Israel fails in the House, dealing another setback to GOP leaders - Friday, February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to provide Israel with more military aid went down to defeat Tuesday in the House, spoiling Speaker Mike Johnson's attempt to separate Israel from other national security priorities, including helping Ukraine defend itself from Russia's military invasion and deterring crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

56. Border security, Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden's plea for Congress to 'show some spine' - Friday, February 2, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to "show some spine" and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid rapidly collapsed.

57. 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.

58. Federal debt tops $34T, some in Congress want a commission to find ways to tackle it - Friday, January 19, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation's soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress won approval Thursday from a House committee.

House Republicans are making the bill a priority, and the chairman of the House Budget Committee said "everything's on the table" regarding possible action to slow the federal government's increasing level of debt, now at more than $34 trillion. Many Democrats see the commission as an attempt to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

59. Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and US border deal - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will convene top congressional leaders Wednesday at the White House pressing for his $110 billion national security package at a pivotal time as senators narrow on a landmark immigration deal that could unlock the stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies.

60. Biden invites congressional leaders to White House during difficult talks on Ukraine aid - Friday, January 12, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has invited the top four congressional leaders and other lawmakers to the White House on Wednesday as members have struggled to reach agreement on U.S. aid for the Ukraine war. Republicans have insisted on pairing it with their own demands for securing the U.S. border.

61. Get it while it’s hot ... and still exists - Friday, January 12, 2024

Nashville’s dining scene has never been more vibrant, with the Convention & Visitors Corp. tracking more than 200 new restaurants popping up over the past few years.

At the same time, however, as we hear more news about beloved neighborhood haunts closing their doors (rest well, McCabe Pub) or facing an uncertain future (welcome back, Arnold’s? For now, at least?), it’s good to be reminded of some of the fixtures, both decades old and relatively new on the scene, that could be classified as Nashville staples.

62. Congressional leaders announce an agreement on spending levels, a key step to averting shutdown - Friday, January 5, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have reached an agreement on overall spending levels for the current fiscal year that could help avoid a partial government shutdown later this month.

The agreement largely hews to spending caps for defense and domestic programs that Congress set as part of a bill to suspend the debt limit until 2025. But it does provide some concessions to House Republicans who viewed the spending restrictions in that agreement as insufficient.

63. Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker two months ago. Now he's leaving Congress by year's end - Friday, December 1, 2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two months after his historic ouster as U.S. House speaker, Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that he is resigning and will leave Congress by the end of the year.

64. 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."

65. 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.

66. 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.

67. New Speaker Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching - Friday, November 10, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — With just a week left to avert a government shutdown, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan — a task that looks increasingly difficult amid stubborn divisions in the party over federal spending.

68. After Biden meeting, new Speaker Johnson says GOP won't abandon Ukraine but will aid Israel first - Friday, October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries at the White House on Thursday to discuss his request for nearly $106 billion for Israel, Ukraine and other national security needs.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. New Speaker heads to the White House to discuss Biden's bid for Israel, Ukraine aid - Friday, October 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the Donald Trump ally inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past GOP leaders, tested their grasp of the gavel and eventually chased them from office.

72. 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.

73. Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot, but more voting likely - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as an unexpectedly numerous 20 holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the GOP majority needed to seize the gavel.

74. GOP's Jordan is shoring up support, peeling off detractors ahead of a House speaker vote - Friday, October 13, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks without a House speaker, Republicans will meet behind closed doors Monday evening to try to unite around their new nominee, far-right firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan, a Donald Trump ally who appears to be quickly shoring up support to win the gavel.

75. Rep. Gaetz is threatening to oust Speaker McCarthy. It won't be easy - Friday, September 29, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — "How would you be different as speaker, compared to Mr. Boehner?" a reporter asked then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in September 2015 as the California Republican pursued, and eventually gave up, his first attempt at the speakership.

76. Speaker McCarthy eyes new commission to tackle nation's debt, but many Democrats are wary - Friday, June 9, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is studying the history books and considering the appointment of a mix of lawmakers and business leaders as he lays the groundwork for a new commission to tackle the nation's growing debt.

77. McCarthy: Debt deal needed next week to avoid default - Friday, May 5, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that a federal debt deal with President Joe Biden is needed by next week if Washington hopes to avert a catastrophic national default as a June 1 deadline nears when money could run short for paying America's bills.

78. Debt options abound, but can Biden, McCarthy strike a deal? - Friday, May 5, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and Congress could strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget cuts. Or they could agree to a stopgap measure to keep paying the nation's bills while negotiations continue. They also could let the negotiations unravel, sending the economy into a chaos.

79. Yellen: 'No good options' if Congress fails to act on debt - Friday, May 5, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there are "no good options" for the United States to avoid an economic "calamity" if Congress fails to raise the nation's borrowing limit of $31.381 trillion in the coming weeks. She did not rule out President Joe Biden bypassing lawmakers and acting on his own to try to avert a first-ever federal default.

80. Trump's indictment in New York: Here's what to know - Friday, March 31, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has become the first former U.S. president to be charged with a crime, the culmination of a political rise defined by unprecedented scandal.

The vote of a Manhattan grand jury to indict the Republican former president on charges related to hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign catapults the now-candidate Trump into a new era of legal risk and complicates his attempts to return to the White House.

81. McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access - Friday, February 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News' Tucker Carlson "exclusive" access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack, despite the conservative commentator's own work raising false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2021 riot over Joe Biden's election.

82. New China committee debuts, warns of 'existential struggle' - Friday, February 24, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special House committee dedicated to countering China began its work Tuesday with a prime-time hearing in which the panel's chairman called on lawmakers to act with urgency and framed the competition between the U.S. and China as "an existential struggle over what life will look like in the 21st century."

83. McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, still falls short - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leader Kevin McCarthy flipped 15 colleagues to support him in dramatic votes for House speaker on Friday, making extraordinary gains on the fourth day and the 12th and 13th ballots of a grueling standoff that was testing American democracy and the Republicans' ability to govern.

84. McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing' - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rest easy, America ... we got this. What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy's opponents see as democracy at work.

85. 2 years after Jan. 6, speaker scrap freezes Congress again - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Such are the fractures in the country, between the political parties and inside the Republican Party itself, that one time-honored specialty of Washington — memorializing and coming together over national trauma — isn't what it used to be.

86. McCarthy fails and fails again: GOP stalemate on new speaker - Friday, January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — For a third day, divided Republicans left the speaker's chair of the U.S. House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed and failed again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber's gavel.

87. Trump rebuked for call to suspend Constitution over election - Friday, December 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday from officials in both parties after calling for the "termination" of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

88. Republicans push back on Pelosi proposal for riot commission - Friday, February 19, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican leaders in the House and Senate say a proposed plan for an independent commission to study the Capitol insurrection is overly tilted toward Democrats, arguing that the panel should have an even party split like the one formed to study the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

89. Congress opens new session as virus, Biden's win dominate - Friday, January 1, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress convened Sunday for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump and the coronavirus surges.

90. Democrats propose sweeping police overhaul; Trump opposes - Friday, June 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats proposed a far-reaching overhaul of police procedures and accountability Monday, a sweeping legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans in the hands of law enforcement.

91. Lawmakers close in on $7.5B measure to battle coronavirus - Friday, February 28, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are finalizing a $7.5 billion emergency bill to fund the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak,  even as fear is growing that the rapid spread of the virus is a shock to the economy and will lead to significant disruption in people's everyday lives.

92. Fiat Chrysler-PSA deal likely to bring fewer brands, models - Friday, November 1, 2019

MILAN (AP) — Automobile shoppers across the globe are likely to see fewer vehicles and brands if the merger of Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA goes through, but the new company will be big enough to compete in a fast-changing business that requires vast sums of money to develop autonomous and electric vehicles.

93. Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot to create fourth-biggest carmaker - Friday, November 1, 2019

MILAN (AP) — Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Peugeot said Thursday they have agreed to merge to create the world's fourth-largest automaker with enough scale to confront big shifts in the industry, including a race to develop electric cars and driverless technologies.

94. Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot to create fourth-biggest carmaker - Friday, October 25, 2019

MILAN (AP) – Fiat Chrysler and France's PSA Peugeot said Thursday they have agreed to merge to create the world's fourth-largest automaker with enough scale to confront big shifts in the industry, including a race to develop electric cars and driverless technologies.

95. 'Why not now?' for slavery reparations, House panel is told - Friday, June 14, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers on Wednesday held the first congressional hearing in more than a decade on reparations, spotlighting the debate over whether the United States should consider compensation for the descendants of slaves in the United States.

96. Fiat Chrysler is shaken without visionary CEO behind wheel - Friday, July 20, 2018

MILAN (AP) — Fiat Chrysler shares were volatile Monday as investors expressed worry about the exit of ailing CEO Sergio Marchionne, whose driven and creative management style has been the company's fortune.

97. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for May 2018 - Friday, June 15, 2018

Top residential real estate sales, May 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

98. Top Middle Tennessee residential sales for January 2018 - Friday, February 16, 2018

Top residential real estate sales, January 2018, for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

99. Howard appointed dean of Belmont’s Curb College - Friday, January 2, 2015

Belmont University has appointed Doug Howard, founder of Vandermont Music Group and former senior vice president of A&R for Lyric Street Records/Walt Disney Company, to the position of dean for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.

100. Teen retailers get the cold shoulder for holidays - Friday, December 5, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) — Being a teen can be tough, but catering to one is even more difficult.

Teen retailers are learning that lesson the hard way this holiday season.

The longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch on Tuesday abruptly retired just a week after the retailer posted an 11.5 percent quarterly sales drop and slashed its annual profit forecast. And American Eagle and Aeropostale gave dismal forecasts for the quarter that includes the holiday shopping season after each posted weak sales for the fall.