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Republicans (GOP) razor thin House majority illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Republicans must sign tax cut by July Fourth or risk losing House majority

By Newt Gingrich

Supporters cheer at an election night watch party for Republican Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy, Nov. 6, 2024, in Bozeman, Mont. (AP Photo/Tommy Martino, File)

An influx of outsiders and money turns Montana Republican, culminating in a Senate triumph

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

Corbin Aoyagi, a supporter of gay marriage, waves a rainbow flag during a rally at the Utah State Capitol on Jan. 28, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Utah teachers will be free to display LGBTQ+ pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery after the state House blocked a bill Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, that would have banned teachers from using their position to promote or disparage certain beliefs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Democrat cowards suddenly see the lunacy of LGBTQs

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Signs direct voters to a ballot drop-off location Oct. 25, 2024, in Washington Park in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

New House ratings in key races shift in favor of Democrats

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington. At left is Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘What are you doing?’: Lindsey Graham rips Republicans supporting Kamala Harris

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A supporter cheers during the Republican National Convention Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Republicans emerge from their convention thrilled with Trump and talking about a blowout victory

By Steve Peoples, Michelle L. Price and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

The House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol meets to hold one of former President Donald Trump's allies in contempt, former strategist Steve Bannon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 19, 2021. From left to right, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House must repudiate Jan. 6 committee

By Newt Gingrich

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thursday, June 13, 2024, in Washington. After the 2020 election, many Republican senators distanced themselves from Donald Trump. Many were certain his political future was over. But it wasn't. The former president is now the party's presumptive nominee to challenge President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Many Senate Republicans were done with Donald Trump, but now they want him back in the White House

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U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican moderate, speaks following a closed-door GOP meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. In one of the most closely watched congressional races of the year, Bacon is looking to defeat a fellow Republican in the primary election, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in his quest to hold on to his House seat. He'll have to do it without the support of the state Republican Party, which has endorsed his primary challenger. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Nebraska GOP is rejecting all Republican congressional incumbents in Tuesday’s primary election

By Margery A. Beck - Associated Press

Former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman waves to members of the media as he leaves the West Wing of the White House in Washington, May 17, 2017. Lieberman, who nearly won the vice presidency on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore in the disputed 2000 election and who almost became Republican John McCain's running mate eight years later, has died Wednesday, March 27, 2024, according to a statement issued by his family. He was 82. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dies at 82

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate misses funding deadline but hammers out last-minute deal to pass $1.2T spending package

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley poses for a selfie after speaking at a campaign event in South Burlington, Vermont, Sunday, March 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Haley gets her first 2024 victory with win in D.C. Republican primary

By Meg Kinnard and Will Weissert - Associated Press

President Joe Biden, second from left, looks toward a large "Welcome to Mexico" sign that is hung over the Bridge of the Americas as he tours the El Paso port of entry, a busy port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border, in El Paso, Texas, on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Dozens of House Republicans urge Biden to fix border crisis with executive action

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Glenn Youngkin's exaggerated demise illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s exaggerated demise

By Tom Basile

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sits with Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, and former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., back row left, as the House convenes for a second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again

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Then-President Donald Trump, right, encourages Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, to speak during a rally, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Lewis Center, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

House nears vote on Trump ally Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker but Republican holdouts remain

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left, and Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., confer during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. The two GOP leaders have emerged as contenders to replace former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives. Jordan is now chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., has long sought the top post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Who might replace McCarthy as House speaker? What are Republicans already demanding for their vote?

By Stephen Groves, Farnoush Amiri and Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the South Carolina Statehouse, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Trump says GOP must ‘get tougher’ in fight over his criminal charges

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia. Shapiro is trying to wrap up his first budget by the start of the new fiscal year on Saturday, July 1, as the Democrat works to balance Pennsylvania's politically divided Legislature in perhaps his biggest test yet of his political skills under the Capitol dome. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti, File)

Pennsylvania governor backs off $100M private schools program in budget stalemate

By Marc Levy and Brooke Schultz - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women Lilac Luncheon, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Trump’s GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds

By Jill Colvin and Linley Sanders - Associated Press