Midnight passage of the government shutdown package put in sharp focus the political fault lines emerging in Washington, as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, House Speaker Mike ...

Mitt Romney suggested on Friday that embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson's best chances at retaining his position lie with ...

Take three: Congress is scrambling to put together a passable spending deal that will avoid a government shutdown for the ...

Lawmakers take a big step toward averting a pre-holiday government shutdown as MAGA activists rail against compromise in ...

Mike Johnson's political crisis this week led to speculation he could face the same fate as former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted from power last fall.

A government shutdown will set in at midnight if Congress doesn't come up with a bipartisan deal. Keep up with the USA TODAY ...

While House speaker is expected to ride out pressure from MAGA Republicans to vacate his role, here are some likely ...

Utah Senator Mike Lee has stirred political discourse by predicting House Speaker Mike Johnson could soon be ousted from his ...

The crisis erupted after Johnson’s second congressional spending bill, drafted at the insistence of Donald Trump to include a suspension of the debt limit and remove a number of concessions to ...

"Okay, McDonald and Schumer cooked this up for the last 85 days in secret, dropped it on everybody Wednesday, and this is where we are." ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson failed to whip votes for a Thursday evening bid to fund the government. That bill came after Trump ...

Sen. Mike Lee called the effort to pass a 1,500-page continuing resolution ahead of the midnight Dec. 20 shutdown deadline ...