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House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., arrives to speak to members of the media outside the West Wing after meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Congress tees another stopgap bill to avoid shutdown

By Alex Miller and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., arrives for a closed-door GOP caucus meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson wants meeting with Biden on border security, won’t be ‘forced into action’ by Senate

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Stockton, Calif. Mayor Kevin Lincoln speaks during a news conference in Stockton, Oct. 4, 2022. House Republicans may be critical of diversity and inclusion programs but they see recruiting women and minority candidates, along with veterans, as key to expanding their slim majority in November. Lincoln, an African-American and Hispanic mayor, is running for a House seat in California in November 2024. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Republicans work to recruit female and minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz serves an apple bar with caramel glaze to Rep. Ethan Cha, of Woodbury, and other state lawmakers in the state capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Feb. 12, 2024, the first day of Minnesota's legislative session for the year. Walz has a tradition of serving bars to state lawmakers each year on the first day of the legislative session in a gesture of camaraderie and bipartisanship. (AP Photo/Trisha Ahmed)

Law enforcement in schools dominates 1st day of the Minnesota Legislature’s 2024 session

By Steve Karnowski and Trisha Ahmed - Associated Press

Adam Schiff illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Adam Schiff still a committed Steele dossier believer as he seeks Senate seat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Republicans in the House of Representatives threaten to make Mayorkas the first Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years, Mayorkas says, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, he is “totally focused on the work" that his agency of 260,000 people conducts and not distracted by the politics of impeachment. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Mayorkas avoids impeachment as House Republicans fail to muster votes

By Stephen Dinan and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., maneuvers past reporters asking about the Senate border security bill as he arrives at his office in the Capitol, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Johnson has declared the bipartisan bill "dead on arrival" in the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson hit with another defeat as House votes against Israel aid bill

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

First lady Jill Biden, front, makes a point as Colorado Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie looks on during a stop to attend a roundtable discussion on the federal workforce training program to help community college students earn certificates for entry-level jobs Monday, April 3, 2023, inside the State Capitol in Denver. Both Republican and Democratic state lawmakers were on hand for the first lady's visit, the first of four stops across the country to promote the Biden Administration's effort to invest in America. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Democrat-led Colorado House refuses to allow Hamas victims’ families on chamber floor

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Migrants wait in line adjacent to the border fence under the watch of the Texas National Guard to enter into El Paso, Texas, May 10, 2023. Senators are racing to release a highly-anticipated bill that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, as part of a long-shot effort to push the package through heavy skepticism from Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton) **FILE**

Senators race to release their package of border policies and aid for Ukraine and Israel

By Stephen Groves and Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Georgia state Sen. Randy Robertson, R-Cataula, holds up a ranked choice voting ballot during a Senate Ethics Committee hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, at the state capitol in Atlanta. The committee voted for a bill sponsored by Robertson that bans ranked choice voting, sending it to the Senate for more debate. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

New ballot setup backed by liberal megadonors is changing the outcomes of American elections

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. House Republicans are off to a raucous start in their first week back in Washington after an extended holiday break. Some are openly criticizing new House Speaker Mike Johnson. Others helped sink a routine procedural vote to express their displeasure with topline spending levels that Johnson negotiated with Democrats for the current fiscal year.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Mike Johnson sticks by his deal with Democrats, insists Congress will finish spending bills

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, gives a statement to reporters, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Speaker Johnson is not the problem with our budgetary crisis

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. House Republicans are off to a raucous start in their first week back in Washington after an extended holiday break. Some are openly criticizing new House Speaker Mike Johnson. Others helped sink a routine procedural vote to express their displeasure with topline spending levels that Johnson negotiated with Democrats for the current fiscal year.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson weathers tumultuous week, stands firm on spending deal ahead of funding deadline

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., meets with reporters as White House and Senate negotiators struggle behind the scenes to reach a U.S. border security deal at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Senate leader Schumer tees up vote on stopgap spending bill, ups pressure on Speaker Johnson

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. Luetkemeyer will not seek reelection, though his departure in what is considered a safe Republican district is unlikely to impact the balance of power after the 2024 election. Luetkemeyer announced his decision Thursday, Jan. 4. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Blaine Luetkemeyer, longtime Missouri GOP congressman, will not seek reelection

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

Illustration on the House impeachment inquiry of Biden by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Deconstructing Biden’s impeachment defense

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2018, file photo, a U.S. flag flies on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress hurtles toward spending deadlines, possible shutdown amid major disagreements

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about health care and prescription drug costs at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year. The White House has unveiled a list of 48 drugs — some of them injectables used to treat cancer — that drugmakers will have to pay rebates to the federal government on due to raising their prices higher than the cost of inflation during this year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Witness links Biden money to sketchy business of brother; deals include loan sharks, bilking seniors

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP senator says Biden ‘may not be’ impeachable since he wasn’t in office during accused actions

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Assemblyman Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, right, speaks on one of the state budget bills at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, June 29, 2022. During an unusual night time session California lawmakers worked on a package of bills to enact the nearly $308 billion budget that includes cash payments for most taxpayers to help offset record high gas prices. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

McCarthy’s choice to replace him can’t legally run for Congress under California law

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times