The tariffs announced Wednesday, however, introduce a political problem of an entirely different magnitude for Mr. Trump and his party. No party or politician is recession proof. Historically, even truly dominant political parties have suffered enormous political defeats during major economic downturns.

The word "family" appears 18 times in the Republican 2024 party platform, yet they spent all week making anti-family moves.

Speaker Mike Johnson scheduled a conferencewide phone call Sunday to discuss House GOP leadership’s plan to approach the Senate budget. Yet, when he opened it up to questions, his members asked him for more information and guidance on the tariffs,

Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson said White House doctor Kevin O’Connor “would do or say anything to cover up and protect” former president Joe Biden.

On Tuesday, nine Republicans joined all Democrats in a 222–206 vote defeating Johnson's procedural rule, which would have blocked Luna from forcing action on the proxy voting proposal. Trump said he was "in favor" of allowing new parents in Congress to vote by proxy while speaking aboard Air Force One on Thursday.

Some GOP lawmakers want to boost the Child Tax Credit to appeal to working-class voters and answer Democrats' attacks on their broader tax plan.

The Senate vote is one big step in a long process. And the debate revealed intra-party tension over key issues like Medicaid, tax-cut strategy and the debt.

Republican Rep. Michael McCaul called out members of his party behind closed doors this week for parroting Russian disinformation and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s talking points, a source in the room told CNN.

Republicans in Congress are watching with unease as stock markets tumble in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.