Southern California lawmakers on both sides of the aisle largely agree: No conditions on wildfire aid.

Conservatives erupted Tuesday on social media following an exchange between Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and ...

According to FEMA the federal government typically covers up to 75% of hazard mitigation costs when a federal disaster is ...

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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., reflects on Jimmy Carter's presidency and discusses Trump backing H-1B visas as well as Mike Johnson's speakership battle. Macy’s to close 66 stores across the ...

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Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.), a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the latest Republican to decline to commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to formally elect ...

An online debate over high-skilled immigration between Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and MAGA evangelists reveals Donald Trump’s Republican Party is grappling with growing pains as it prepares to ...

Utah State Rep. Kera Birkeland has announced her resignation from the Legislature. The Republican lawmaker wrote on social media that she was resigning because her family, particularly her parents ...

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As recently as a month ago, the conventional wisdom was that the Obama administration was in danger of being buried under a heaping pile of scandals. There was Benghazi. There was the snooping on ...

It's been nearly four months since one Texas Congress member has cast a vote. U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, has missed votes in Congress and has been "having some dementia issues late in ...