President Trump made a big splash with dozens of executive actions on his first day in office, but now comes the hard part: getting Republicans in Congress in line to usher an ambitious legislative agenda through their slim majorities and clashing factions. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and other GOP congressional leaders met with Trump at the White House on Tuesday to plan out how to do just that. Their sweeping goals include an extension of Trump’s tax cuts, energy policy reforms, border security measures...

The GOP is only just securing unified control of government — but they already feel the clock ticking to get President-elect Donald Trump's agenda passed, Politico on Monday. This comes at a time when Republicans only barely were able to re-appoint House Speaker (R-LA) with one of the narrowest House majorities in modern history — and when House and Senate Republicans are and over how to use the reconciliation process. "Under the most ambitious timeline put forth by Speaker Mike Johnson, it will be Memorial Day before that bill lands...

WASHINGTON — Don’t let celebratory rallies, fawning tweets on X or glitzy inaugural balls fool you. Today’s Republicans are warring with their fellow Republicans. That GOP civil war’s about to be on full display in the nation’s capital. Senior Republicans on Capitol Hill are prepared to follow Donald Trump’s lead on most anything, but that’s not good enough for newly empowered MAGA mavericks. They say their mandate is to upend business as usual in Washington, including the Republican Party itself. “We're not going to be quiet, no,” Rep. Andy Biggs...

President-elect Donald Trump is being forced to relive the congressional infighting of 2017 as a narrow House majority threatens to derail the start of his second term. Trump won’t be sworn in until Monday, but he is already playing referee to an intraparty dispute over how to renew his signature tax cuts alongside priorities like defense and border security. Republicans fear repeating the mistakes of their failed attempts at Obamacare repeal, well aware that divisions could deny Trump a major win in his first 100 days. But simple House math...