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One of President-elect Donald Trump's longtime confidants is calling on him to inflict "pain" on the wealthiest Americans and corporations in the form of higher taxes during his second term in the White House.In a wide-ranging Friday interview with . ...

A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to ...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) predicted Friday that Speaker Mike Johnson would hold on to his job when the next Congress convenes in January - but he still has a tall order to win over a majority of member votes.Johnson faced a chaotic . ...

After a whirlwind of chaos this week that saw tech billionaire Elon Musk threaten Republicans into blocking a bipartisan funding deal to keep the government open, and the GOP failing to pass a stripped-down partisan version after dozens of their own ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin took a moment to cheer Friday night on the steps of the Capitol following a much-anticipated vote in the House on what turned out to be a contentious back-and-forth on a spending bill to avert a holiday shutdown.The House's last ...

A last-ditch effort to temporarily fund the government and avert a shutdown passed the House on Friday, a sigh of release for millions of federal workers whose paychecks were thrust into uncertainty during the holidays.The funding bill passed by a ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave a leadership farewell speech in the Senate on Friday as he prepares to step down as Senate Republican Leader, reported CNN -- and took a parting shot at his colleagues in the House whose last-minute obedience to ...

Attempts by Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) to shift blame on the looming government shutdown on President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats provoked a testy exchange from a CNN host who immediately called out the lawmaker - and his Republican colleagues ...

A Republican former lawmaker said Donald Trump and ally Elon Musk appear to be on a "collision course" and warned Americans that another close adviser of Trump's is promising "never-ending chaos."Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) told CNN anchor Jake . ...

Prosecutors in Arizona working under Attorney General Kris Mayes have gained access to a large cache of emails, phone records, and other messages sent by allies of President-elect Donald Trump in their criminal investigation of the plot to overturn . ...