The Latest Breaking News from the House of Representatives

Lawmakers call efforts to shut down the aid agency ‘offensive bulls***’

Donald Trump has wasted no time making his mark in his first week back in office, signing executive orders, delivering speeches and outlining his plans. Meanwhile, the Democrats are still absorbing their election loss in November and trying to chart a path forward. But despite the prevailing view that they…

The bill that would allow immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested but not convicted for theft will go to Trump’s desk

Lackluster new show on One America News featuring disgraced former congressman was typically self-serving

Donald Trump’s return to the White House on January 20 2025 is widely seen as ushering in a period of significant upheaval for US foreign policy, and a change in the way diplomacy is done.

‘We can’t be ninnies about this,’ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells The Independent about the latest Republican attack on transgender people

The secretary of homeland security is the newest permanent member of the president’s Cabinet, overseeing the sprawling agencies and missions of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and an annual budget exceeding US$62.2 billion.

Trump’s second term will be marked by a rare level of influence in Congress and the highest court

The first openly transgender lawmaker exclusively tells The Independent that Republicans’ prioritization of the legislation leaves her “mystified that this is a priority” for the GOP.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries unite in bipartisan gesture to honor Jimmy Carter's legacy at his funeral service.

After being re-elected, Louisiana Representative Mike Johnson falsely attributed a prayer he recited to Thomas Jefferson, even incorrectly claiming that the lower house of Congress recited the prayer daily during Jefferson's presidency.