Yuval Rosenberg

House Republicans on Wednesday released their blueprint for a $95 billion party-line package they hope to pass this summer to fund the military and farm aid.

Republicans took a key step Thursday in their push to enact a $95 billion budget reconciliation package, advancing the plan out of the House Budget Committee in a 20-14 vote along party lines.

Speaker Mike Johnson has set an ambitious agenda for this week, which is set to be House lawmakers' final one in session before a five-week August break. Johnson and GOP leaders are looking to move past intraparty differences that have ground legislative business to a halt recently. They hope to pass several major pieces of legislation: the annual defense policy bill; a budget framework setting up another $95 billion spending package, including $60 billion for the Pentagon; an extension of federal funding until December 4; and a stock-trading ban that also includes a voter ID measure.

Speaker Mike Johnson secured a win Tuesday in his race to have the House pass several major bills by the end of the week. The House voted 214-211 to advance the bills, including the budget resolution paving the way for the GOP's $95 billion “Reconciliation 3.0” package, a defense policy bill for 2027 and a stopgap measure to fund the government into December.

Speaker Mike Johnson chalked up a series of wins on Wednesday as House Republicans skirted intraparty blowups and managed to pass a series of bills, including a $95 billion party-line budget blueprint and an annual defense policy bill. Wednesday's votes came after the House GOP late Tuesday also passed a government funding extension meant to avert a potential shutdown at the end of September.

By Yuval Rosenberg Tensions between President Trump and Sen. John Thune have exploded into public view this week, as the president continues

With 99 days until the November midterm elections, President Trump visited General Motors Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan, on Monday, where he defended his tariff policies and touted the economy under his leadership, even as voters continue to give him poor marks on both issues.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as the nation's top law enforcement officer on a permanent basis is in limbo, as two Republican senators continue to demand that the Justice Department formally kill a proposed $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund and address other concerns about a controversial settlement of President Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.

President Trump said Thursday that he is willing to temporarily withdraw his nomination of Todd Blanche to be attorney general rather than give in to the demands from two Senate Republicans who are pushing for concessions related to the controversial settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.

The Senate voted 89-4 tonight to advance a bipartisan bill that would fund federal agencies from October 1 through December 11, averting a potential shutdown. As lawmakers look to push off negotiations on full-year spending bills until after November's midterm elections, the full Senate is poised to pass the stopgap later this week before lawmakers head out for a five-week recess that will stretch into mid-September.