Balancing a $3 billion budget deficit on the backs of Maryland’s highest earners, Governor Wes Moore claims while the rich will pay, the rest will save. In his ...

the GOP will have a 6-1 majority on the Lynchburg City Council. Over the past two years, Republicans, with a 5-2 majority on council, were able to implement many of their top policy priorities ...

The six-member Republican caucus of the Indianapolis City-County Council has chosen a new leader for 2025. Michael-Paul Hart, who has represented District 20 on the city’s southeast side since ...

“Our members are ready to get to work,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Republicans hold narrow majorities in both the House and Senate, meaning nearly every GOP lawmaker needs to be ...

Republican lawmaker Ralph Norman, who initially opposed Mike Johnson for House speaker, has revealed details of a phone call between him and Donald Trump. The phone call took place ahead of Friday ...

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President-elect Donald Trump put down his 9 iron and picked up his phone on Friday to convince Republican holdouts to vote for House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Trump, 78, was apparently on the ...

Republican Dave McCormick took the oath of office Friday to become Pennsylvania’s newest U.S. senator, replacing three-term Sen. Bob Casey in the seat and strengthening the GOP’s position in ...

The Republican holdouts changed their votes after calls from Donald Trump. In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson ...

The last-minute switch allows Congress to begin its work, despite clear divisions within the Republican Party. Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas, changed their votes to back ...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support ...

Republican legislators are set to push for further ... Currently, charter schools are only allowed to operate in Kansas City, St. Louis and Boone County. Bills authorizing specific counties ...