Democrat Mike Thompson selected as party’s ‘designated survivor’ for State of the Union, extending streak

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) will be the Democrats’ designated survivor for President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Thompson said in a Monday release that House Minority Leader ...

Speaker Mike Johnson qualifies for re-election, predicts GOP will defy history in mid-terms

House Speaker Mike Johnson qualified for re-election, predicting Republicans will defy historical trends and expand their ...

Neal Dunn retirement rumors lay bare how precarious Johnson majority really is

Rumors floating around Capitol Hill that retiring Rep. Neal Dunn (R-FL) plans to resign from Congress early are shining a ...
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Live Updates: Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

President Donald Trump exits the House chamber after delivering the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel

Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein files

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, asked the Justice Department’s inspector general to ...
The Hill

Johnson says Democratic judicial warrant reform proposal ‘unworkable’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned against Democrats’ proposed reforms to immigration enforcement warrants, saying, “That is a road we cannot and should not go down.” Democrats in both chambers ...

Speaker Johnson tells House Republican to address affair allegations but says he shouldn’t resign

House Speaker Mike Johnson is resisting calls, including from within his own ranks, to pressure Rep. Tony Gonzales to resign amid allegations he had an affair with a district staffer who later died by ...

Marjorie Taylor Greene v. Trump looms in Georgia congressional special election

Trump is looking to reassert dominance while waging war against detractors, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, during the 2026 primary seasons.

Bruised and Unpopular, President Seeks a Reset at the State of the Union

“In one year, President Trump has turned our country around from the brink of disaster, and he will rightly declare the state of our union is strong, prosperous and respected,” Karoline Leavitt, the ...
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Johnson backs fast-track process requiring Democratic support to swiftly end shutdown

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans he wants to utilize a special fast-track process that will require cooperation ...

February 23, 2026 — Trump administration updates

President Donald Trump is digging in further on his trade war. Meanwhile, US talks with Iran are expected to continue this week.

Republicans quietly celebrate the demise of tariffs. That relief might not last.

Many in the GOP, especially those in battleground states, are happy to see the blanket tariffs go in a heated election year. Trump has already pledged to bring them back.