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US Rep. LaMonica McIver indicted on charges of ‘forcibly impeding’ immigration officers at New Jersey detention facility.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, said Tuesday that he believes California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be “tarred and feathered” for opposing Trump’s immigration policies.

The National Weather Service is down 560 employees since the Trump administration and DOGE fired workers and offered buyouts and early retirements to others. Now, a bipartisan group of legislators is introducing a bill to reclassify forecasters as “critical to public safety,” making it faster to rehire for the vacancies. Meteorologist Chase Cain has the exclusive report.

After Elon Musk slammed the Republican spending bill, party leaders vowed to continue working to push through President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The multi-trillion-dollar tax-cut and spending bill now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to make changes.

After a marathon hearing, the GOP-led House Rules Committee advanced a sweeping package for President Donald Trump’s agenda Wednesday night.

Congresswoman Lamonica McIver faced a federal judge today in a virtual hearing. McIver is charged with assaulting ICE agents earlier this month outside a detention center in Newark. NBC News 4 New York’s Pat Battle reports. 

Rep. Gerry Connolly, who represented Northern Virginia in Congress for more than a decade, died early Wednesday, his family announced. He was 75.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previewed the Take It Down Act, a bipartisan bill that outlaws publishing, or threatening to publish, explicit or intimate images without a person’s consent. Trump is expected to sign the bill into law Monday afternoon.

The same panel voted against advancing the measure, which includes massive tax cuts and changes to border security, two days earlier.

Conservatives have blocked President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill. House Republicans failed Friday to push it out of the Budget Committee. Four GOP conservatives initially voted against it, demanding further cuts to Medicaid and green energy tax breaks. A fifth switched his vote in a procedural step so it could be reconsidered later and says he’s...

The legislation includes work requirements, stricter eligibility checks, citizenship verification and new limits on federal funding for Medicaid to states. It met swift Democratic opposition.

Fetterman, who is facing scrutiny after former staffers have raised concerns about his mental health, has missed nearly every committee hearing and regularly skips votes.

Their stance further complicates the task for House GOP leaders as they try to advance a massive bill for Trump’s agenda through the tax-writing committee next week.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was in a meeting when he began repeating himself, shouting and slamming his hands on a desk, according to AP sources.

The progressive New York congresswoman said she believed Democrats would favor a more senior member in the role, as they did in the previous race.

Republican members of Congress have gone to great lengths to avoid public meetings with their constituents over their two-week Easter recess.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., signaled support for impeaching President Donald Trump during a town hall he hosted near Atlanta on Friday.

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said this week that he wants to hold congressional hearings on a debunked conspiracy theory about the Sept. 11 attacks.

Pope Francis was the only pontiff to participate in a joint session of Congress. Here’s a look at his impact on D.C. and his famous address to the U.S. government.