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Johnson tells Republicans Trump wants one big policy bill as party charts course on agenda

House Speaker Mike Johnson informed Republicans at a closed-door meeting Saturday that Donald Trump favored moving his agenda as one sweeping package, according to sources in attendance — a key announcement fraught with risk but one that sets the stage for advancing the president-elect’s ambitious plans.

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Author: Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris

McCarthy says Trump ‘unifier’ in propelling Johnson across Speaker finish line

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered his congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after being reelected to the leadership role Friday but suggested that President-elect Trump sho…

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Author: Steff Danielle Thomas

Party Switching Raises Political Realignment Questions

The victory march does raise questions about political realignment and the future of politicians who switch parties after elections.

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Author: Daniel Molina

Musk Is a Majority-Maker, and He Won’t Let Congress Forget It

Republicans have the world’s richest man to thank — at least in part — for helping them secure the slimmest majority in 95 years.

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Author: Billy House,Biz Carson,Bill Allison

Latest on the new Congress and Trump’s presidential transition

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Author: Adrienne Vogt

How the Democrats Lost the Working Class

The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were left behind.

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Author: Jonathan Weisman

Net neutrality is struck, ending a long battle to regulate ISPs like public utilities

A U.S. Court of Appeals this week ruled that the FCC did not have legal authority to revive the so-called net neutrality rules that were first introduced a decade ago under the Obama Administration.

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Author: Emma Bowman

US court scuppers Democrats’ latest ‘net neutrality’ initiative

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the FCC lacks the authority to reclassify broadband as a Title II telecommunications service, thus invalidating its April 2024 net neutrality move.

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Author: telecoms.com

Kinzinger: Trump GOP has “no morality”

Former Illinois congressman who turned on Trump after Jan. 6 stars in new documentary “The Last Republican”

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Author: inkl

How Mike Johnson (and Donald Trump) did it

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Author: Rachael Bade

House Republicans Pledge Drilling and Make It Easier to Shed Federal Land

The newly elected Speaker said the party would make it a priority to “restore America’s energy dominance.”

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Author: Lisa Friedman

Florida Democrats are jumping ship and joining the GOP. What does it mean for state politics?

Two Florida House Representatives, Hillary Cassel and Susan Valdés, recently announced they were leaving the Democratic Party to join the GOP.

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Author: Ajay Uppaluri

Republican rebels defy Trump — briefly — in new Congress’s first vote

A new US Congress has assembled, and the Republicans have a majority in both chambers. But president-elect Donald Trump faces some likely roadblocks.

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Author: Brad Ryan

House adopts rules package expanding Johnson’s protections

It would now take nine members of the Republican conference to trigger a motion to vacate the speakership.

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Author: Anthony Adragna

Johnson promises to ‘roll back administrative state’ after being re-elected Speaker

Johnson has already committed to investigate the now-disbanded House Select Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot

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Author: Gustaf Kilander

Trump established authority to get big things done, Steve Forbes explains

‘Kudlow’ panelists Steve Forbes, Jason Trennert and Rich Lowry react to Rep. Mike Johnson securing the House speakership.

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Author: @foxbusiness

Mike Johnson re-elected as House speaker swaying party members who voted against him

Johnson had won 218 votes while Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader, had won all 215 votes of his caucus

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

New Senate Majority Leader Thune: Speaker Johnson has ‘really tough job’ with slim majority

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tells Kristen Welker he is confident he and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will have a “strong working relationship” and hopes the GOP-controlled Congress can work as a team.

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Author: NBC News

What one picture tells us about Trump’s power in Congress

Friday’s vote underscores the challenges for Trump in keeping House Republicans united to legislate his agenda.

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Author: bbc.com

GOP lawmaker warns of Johnson accountability for ‘failures’

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Va.) raised concern with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) second stint as the Republican leader in the lower chamber despite his support of the incumbent on Friday. Perry sa…

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Author: Ashleigh Fields

Johnson’s Reward as Speaker: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump

Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly avoided a painful and prolonged fight to keep his post, but his messy victory showed how difficult his job will be in the new all-Republican Congress.

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Author: Catie Edmondson

Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead

With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up the phone.

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Author: Steve Contorno, Annie Grayer, Sarah Ferris, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox

‘The Last Republican’ Adam Kinzinger On Documenting His Fight For Democracy

GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger and left-wing director Steve Pink team up to create an intriguing and illuminating portrait of a man risking everything for his country.

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Author: Simon Thompson

Alcohol cancer risk warning may face tough road with Trump

President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee to run the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., do not drink and have been outspoken about the dangers of alcohol.

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Author: James Oliphant,Nathan Layne

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