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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes revamped government funding extension hours before shutdown deadline

By Alex Miller and Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., joined from left by Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., leaves a news conference after presenting his final version of an interim pending bill to his caucus, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump has now abruptly rejected the bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown. Instead, he's telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate — days before a deadline when federal funding runs out. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Republicans to take up government funding extension, defer debt limit vote until next year

By Lindsey McPherson and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, departs the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mitt Romney predicts J.D. Vance will be GOP presidential nominee in 2028

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump stands behind gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis at a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 3, 2018. Trump and DeSantis are signaling to donors that they're putting their rivalry behind them. DeSantis has convened his allies this week in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to press them to support Trump. He argued to them Wednesday, May 22, 2024, that they need to work together to prevent President Joe Biden from winning a second term. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Trump’s public embrace of Ron DeSantis fuels chatter about the governor’s political future

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. speaks during a news conference about the election at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell calls on anti-Trump judges to recuse themselves from some cases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, speaks as House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, listen during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump and Republicans in Congress eye an ambitious 100-day agenda, starting with tax cuts

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Will Senate Republicans fall in line behind Trump nominees? Many have indicated they will, but there are at least six GOP senators to watch as the confirmation proceedings unfold.

VIDEO: Six Republicans to watch when the Senate takes up Trump nominees

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., speaks during the Republican National Convention, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Mace says she won’t stop effort to bar transgender women from ‘female spaces’

By Mallory Wilson and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The late-day sun shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Transgender bathroom fight comes to Capitol Hill

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

In this June 1, 2021, file photo, Mike Carey, speaks at the kick-off of his 15th Congressional District campaign in Grove City, Ohio. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Carey, a coal lobbyist who is among 10 Republicans jockeying to replace former GOP Rep. Steve Stivers, who retired from Congress earlier this year.(Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)

GOP contenders emerge in Ohio for J.D. Vance’s Senate seat

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The Capitol is seen in Washington, Nov. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans win 218 U.S. House seats, giving Trump and Republicans control of government

By Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at a GOP press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Trump endorses Speaker Johnson to stay House GOP’s top dog

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Hispanic Americans illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

If Republicans work with Hispanics, Democrats will never return to power

By Emmanuel Rincon

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks before President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a meeting of the House GOP conference, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Speaker Johnson wins unanimous support from GOP for another term as top House Republican

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Trump makes a victor’s return to Washington to meet with Biden and GOP lawmakers

By Will Weissert and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., flanked by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., touts Republican wins as he meets with reporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. Congress returns to work this week to begin what is known as a lame-duck session, that period between Election Day and the end of the two-year congressional term. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans take victory lap on first day back in Washington since election

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate Republicans set to pick new leader in first open contest in 18 years

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks from the podium after he delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP trifecta could face obstacles in fulfilling agenda, similar to first Trump term

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

The story of how Trump went from diminished ex-president to a victor once again

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate David McCormick, left, arrives to speak with his wife, Dina Powell, during an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Why AP called Pennsylvania Senate race for David McCormick

By Mike Catalini - Associated Press