Conservatives have blocked President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill.

Republicans continue to make progress on President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security, though considerable divisions remain as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to bridge the differences in his conference.

There were cheers when Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee signed off on the GOP tax breaks bill after a round-the-clock session that pushed President Donald Trump’s package past overwhelming Democratic opposition.

As budget talks remain stalled, House Speaker Daniel Perez said Tuesday the House has offered possibilities including a “lean, critical-needs budget with minimal spending and no tax cuts.”

Republicans in Congress are moving with rapid speed to advance President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding.

Tax breaks tallying more than $5 trillion.

House Republicans want to set aside up to $5 billion a year for scholarships to help families send their children to private and religious schools, marking an unprecedented effort to use public money to pay for private education.

House Republicans have proposed cutting billions of dollars in funding for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits.

House Republicans have unveiled the cost-saving centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”.

The Republican Party is trying to figure out what it stands for in terms of economic policy during the second Trump administration.

As Republican leaders draft President Donald Trump’s big bill of $4.5 trillion in tax breaks and $1.5 trillion in spending cuts, dozens of more moderate Republicans from contested congressional districts have positioned themselves at the center of the negotiating table.

House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will hold a roundtable discussion in Tampa Wednesday morning.

Pending approval, the $2.8 billion House settlement will allow schools to share revenue with athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness.

As Congress looks to slash spending and raise revenue for President Donald Trump’s tax bill, Republicans have turned attention to the huge endowments amassed by the country’s wealthiest colleges.

Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

Florida lawmakers are still nowhere close to agreeing on a budget for the next fiscal year. That means the legislative session that was supposed to wrap up Friday will not end on time.

The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a plan last week that aims, in part, to ease financial strains on condominium owners, setting up negotiations with the Senate before the scheduled end of the 2025 legislative session.

A state lawmaker has demanded that an Iowa immigrant rights organization turn over private details about the nonprofit’s legal clients, donors and list of members.

The Florida House on Friday approved a $5.008 billion tax package after making a change to a controversial proposal about shifting money collected for tourism marketing.

Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving forward with a series of proposals that would help charter schools, while Democrats argue the measures would chip away at traditional public schools.

Senate President Ben Albritton, R-Wauchula, said philosophical differences are stalling progress with the state budget, specifically over tax relief plans.

The family of a Putnam County mail carrier turned their grief into action after she was killed in a dog attack in 2022.

As Florida’s legislative session enters its final week, lawmakers are racing against the clock to address several key issues before the May 2 deadline.

With the Senate and House unable to reach agreement on tax cuts and spending, lawmakers will not finish negotiations on a new state budget in time to end the legislative session as scheduled next week.

The Senate on Wednesday sent back to the House a bill (HB 987) focused on road designations, after making changes that included a proposal to designate a four-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.”

The opening of the college football transfer portal has created a dash for cash.

A number of Democrats are launching bids in a suddenly competitive House district in Michigan after the Republican incumbent earlier this week announced a run for governor.

Republicans narrowly got their budget plan over the finish line this week.

As the Florida Legislature considers two bills that could slash funding for popular acceleration programs in public schools, students, parents and school district leaders are sharing vocal opposition to the changes.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

The House has passed a bill that limits the authority of federal district judges to issue nationwide orders.

House Republicans have abruptly postponed a late evening vote on their budget framework as grave misgivings from conservative GOP lawmakers threw it in flux.

The Republican-controlled Senate has approved a budget framework that includes multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts.

After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal that would allow new parents in Congress to vote by proxy, rather than in person.

Boxed into a vote on outlawing spending on gender affirming care for transgender prisoners, Georgia Democrats chose a third option Wednesday.

Republican senators unveiled a budget proposal that’s central to President Donald Trump’s agenda of tax breaks, spending cuts and border security.

House Speaker Mike Johnson suffered a decisive defeat after he tried and failed to squash a proposal for new parents in Congress to able to vote by proxy, rather than in person, as they care for newborns.

A Georgia bill to codify the right to in vitro fertilization got overwhelming in the state Senate and will likely go to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature soon.

It is just days away from a special election in Northeast Florida and we will soon find out who will be the new Representative for Congressional District 6.

The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.

Florida lawmakers are aiming to redefine reckless driving and impose stricter penalties for so-called “super speeders” or “speed demons.”

The White House has pulled Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Florida lawmakers are looking to children to fill low-wage jobs left open by the undocumented immigration crackdown, CNN reports. According to the network, Senate Bill 918 would allow children as young as 14 to work overnight shifts.

New Hampshire has tested out its new law requiring people to show proof of citizenship before registering to vote.

Voters in two Pennsylvania state legislative districts will elect new members in special elections Tuesday.

Democrats are confronting stark divisions within their party as leaders grapple with their losses in the 2024 election cycle and how to confront an emboldened Trump administration.

Kentucky’s Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that protects conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youths They want to undo restrictions that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear placed on the practice.

The Senate has passed a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer has announced he's ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led spending bill to prevent a midnight Friday government shutdown.

An effort to impose stricter penalties on reckless boaters, spurred by a 2022 crash in the Florida Keys that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old girl, continued moving forward Wednesday in the Senate.

At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week.

Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama have decisively chosen Democrat David Gottfried in a race that leaves control of the House tied.

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

House and Senate Republicans are proposing a constitutional amendment about eight-year term limits for county commissioners and school board members.

The chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm election that are some 20 months away.

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30.

Voters in Minnesota will choose a new representative in a heavily Democratic state House district at the center of a post-Election Day drama to control the chamber.

Florida lawmakers are considering changing a decades-old law and clearing the way for more medical malpractice lawsuits over patient deaths.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans recently have floated the idea of eliminating or reducing local-government property taxes.

Rep. Al Green of Texas wasn’t the first lawmaker ever to blurt out a protest during a presidential address to Congress.

The Florida 2025 legislative session will commence Tuesday with Florida lawmakers in the House and Senate set to address a range of pressing issues.

President Donald Trump has vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in his address to Congress.

Some Georgia lawmakers are trying to get rid of automated cameras that enforce school zone speed limits, saying the cameras are more about making money than the safety of children.

Another $500 million would be spent toward Hurricane Helene recovery efforts in North Carolina in legislation approved unanimously by the state House.

The commemoration of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine three years ago was mostly a Democratic affair at the U.S. Capitol.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has teed up a vote on a budget plan that sets the stage for a massive boost in defense and border security spending, and leaves a looming tax cut fight for later this year.

Senate Republicans have pushed ahead on a scaled-back budget bill.

Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, jeopardizing health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.

Georgia’s state Senate has passed a bill that would cut off public funding for gender affirming care for adults.

As Republicans in Congress look for ways to slash spending, some legislators are floating new taxes on college scholarships, an end to student loan repayment plans and a big hike in taxes on university endowments.

States are absorbing substantial increases in health care costs for the poor, as they realize that the people remaining on Medicaid rolls after the COVID-19 pandemic are sicker than anticipated and costlier to care for.

The NCAA has settled the lawsuit with the attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia and other states over its rules prohibiting name, image and likeness compensation for recruits.

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis says calls for him to resign over an accounting error that left the state sorting out what happened to a $1.8 billion fund amounted to a witch hunt.

President Donald Trump’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce.

As the Florida Legislature holds a special session this week tackling only one issue -- immigration -- Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a roundtable on Wednesday in Titusville signaling a possible veto of the bill that lawmakers passed on Tuesday night.

Republican lawmakers Sunday filed a flurry of bills to crack down on undocumented immigrants and place additional restrictions on the ballot initiative process.

The Democratic Party has so far been splintered in responding to President Donald Trump’s push against illegal immigration.

A court settlement that would require colleges to pay athletes billions for their play is not going to settle the debate over amateurism in NCAA sports.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed Rep. Rick Crawford of Arkansas as the new chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.

Montana’s House is has endorsed a ban on transgender people using bathrooms in public buildings that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth.

The Supreme Court has upheld a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation, rejecting a challenge by local Republican officials.

Congress has certified Donald Trump as the 2024 presidential election winner without challenge.

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago.

Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump rallied his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol and urged his vice president to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden's victory.

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago.

Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California has always stood apart.

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson, providing crucial backing as the Louisiana Republican prepares for what is expected to be another contentious speakership race this week.

With 2024 soon coming to a close, it’s important to take a look at all of the bills that made it into law during this year’s Legislative Session.

One of the most turbulent sessions of Congress in the modern era is about to make way for the next one.

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing the possibility of a federal government shutdown to the brink in Washington.

Nearly 3 million people could receive a boost in Social Security payments under legislation that's set for a final vote in the Senate.

The House has passed legislation requiring more oversight of youth residential treatment facilities.

The Senate has passed a defense bill that authorize significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion.

As California’s newest senator, Democrat Adam Schiff says he’s not going to shy away from familiar territory — opposing Donald Trump when he feels it is necessary.

Democrats in Michigan are pressing to pass reproductive health care legislation before the party loses its majority with the new legislative session next year.

On Tuesday, The Office of the Speaker of the House hosts the annual ceremony for the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, an 80-foot spruce selected from Zarembo Island in Alaska.