The Latest Breaking News from Freedom Caucus

"We're at a critical point right now," said Rep. Ralph Norman, pointing to "difference of opinion"

House Freedom Caucus Republicans have temporarily halted their blockade of the House floor, ending for now a nearly weeklong shutdown of business in the chamber. The small group of rebels was pledging to block all significant legislation from passing until Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to their demands.

With House GOP leaders under pressure from hard-right lawmakers, Republican appropriators in that chamber will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps that Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks have sought since January.

House Republican appropriators will write their fiscal 2024 spending bills to meet the tight budget caps sought by the Freedom Caucus and other spending hawks.

Any leftover bipartisan kumbayas from passing the debt ceiling hit a right-wing wall in the House this week as Freedom Caucus Republicans turned on Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Highlights of this week’s Congressional Hits and Misses include some reactions to this occurrence, head coach Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs…

Has Kevin McCarthy somehow defanged the House Freedom Caucus?

Hard-right Freedom Caucus members argued the deal should have enacted deeper spending cuts and shorter borrowing limits

Much of the debt limit bill opposition came from the far right and left wings of Congress, but there were some surprising “no” votes.

The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending. That's in part due to the work of lawmakers who usually fly under the radar.

Growing number of House Republicans threaten to use McCarthy's key concession to become speaker to remove him

Lawmakers are working against the clock to avert an unprecedented debt default. The Treasury Department has said the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 5.