A Democratic congressman shamed his Republican colleagues for their refusal to honor law enforcement personnel who defended the U.S. Capitol from rioters during the Jan. 6 insurrection. A plaque honoring those officers as heroes was approved by Congress,

Ahead of this week’s final vote on the Republican Party’s massive reconciliation package — the poorly named “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — House Speaker Mike Johnson faced a seemingly impossible challenge.

Republicans routinely criticized Democrats for rushing bills through Congress. Now that they’re in power, they don’t seem to mind.

Mike Johnson wins his toughest battle yet – and shows he’s here to stay - ANALYSIS: The House speaker proves that no one can do it like him, writes John Bowden

That’s just one benefit from the megabill that the House passed this week; downsides include, potentially, having less food. Meanwhile, we had hot parliamentary developments in the Senate, Democrats continued to wrestle with questions of mortality (always the mortality with these guys), and the new MAGA FBI is boring its audience.

For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideological, political and regional interests in the G.O.P.

As the fate of President Donald Trump's so-called "big, beautiful bill" remains in doubt, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is now enlisting the president's help – against members of his own party. Politico reported Monday that Johnson now wants Trump to personally apply pressure to far-right House Republicans that oppose the bill in its current

Democratic lawmakers could be heard laughing at House Speaker Mike Johnson after praising the leadership of President Donald Trump at a recent hearing.