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Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Monday criticized a push from some Republicans to use taxpayer money to fund the construction of the White House ballroom, slamming his counterparts for “doing whatever they can to appease” President Trump. “They’re so misaligned with what the American people need and what they want, right?” he told reporter Pablo…

House Republicans’ ambitious agenda for the week is in limbo as leaders struggle to come to a consensus with hard-line conservatives on legislation to reauthorize foreign spy powers, the farm bill, and a party-line budget blueprint to fund immigration enforcement as part of a two-step plan to end the record-long Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…

The weekend shooting at a press gala attended by President Trump is creating new headaches for House GOP leaders as they scramble to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ahead of a looming freeze on employee pay. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team were already laboring to adopt a budget blueprint this…

Tensions between Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) are escalating after Saturday’s shooting at the Washington Hilton put new focus on a stalled Homeland Security funding bill passed by the Senate last month. Members of the Senate Republican leadership team said the assassination attempt against President Trump should spur House…