McCarthy, Scalise are likely contenders for House speaker a ” or minority leader

House Speaker Paul Ryan, center, speaks to the media while flanked by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and House Majority Whip, Steve Scalise, R-La., after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill, on March 6, 2018 in Washington. House Speaker Paul Ryan, center, speaks to the media while flanked by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and House Majority Whip, Steve Scalise, R-La., after a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill, on March 6, 2018 in Washington.

Ryan won’t run for re-election as GOP worries about midterms

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, his office announced Wednesday, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall. Ryan's plans have been the source of much speculation and will set off a scramble among his lieutenants to take the helm.

Reps. McCarthy, Scalise Begin Courting Republicans in Case Ryan Retires

The race is on to replace Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House - assuming the Wisconsin Republican chooses to retire, an eventuality everyone seems to be expecting, Politico reports. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the top Republicans on Ryan's leadership team, have begun quietly rounding up support from their camps, Politico reports.

Scalise back for congressional game a year after shooting

Republicans and Democrats put aside the sectarian hostilities that have increasingly defined this town and came together on the baseball diamond Thursday, a year after bullets from a would-be mass assassin shook Congress to its core. Democrats prevailed 21-5 in the 57th Congressional Baseball Game for Charity at Nationals Park.

Herrell to be first on GOP primary ballot

Yvette Herrell, a candidate to replace Steve Pearce, won 58 percent of the Republican delegates in the 2nd Congressional District. Republican Gavin Clarkson is an associate professor at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, and formerly served the Trump Administration in the Department of the Interior.

Rand Paul voices support for memo, citing privacy rights

Senators voted 37-0 on Friday in ... - Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky who recently was attacked by a neighbor while working on his lawn, said he believes the anger and polarization around the country fueled the assault. "With the whole idea of the country being angry, over your yard or even the guy that shot us in the ball field There's just some people so angry," said the senator, who was on a baseball field over the summer when a gunman shot Rep. Steve Scalise, R-LA, and three others.

The Latest: Trump accuses FBI, DOJ of favoring Dems

GOP Rep. Mark Meadows is calling for the release of a classified memo on the Russia election probe, claiming there were "poor decisions made at some very senior level positions within the FBI and the DOJ." President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018, in Washington.

Reaction to Trump’s immigration offer casts doubt on a deal

President Donald Trump's State of the Union offer of a "down-the-middle compromise" on immigration did nothing to move Republicans and Democrats closer to a deal, as Democrats accused the president of lacing his speech with racially charged remarks and Republicans dug in on their demands. The reaction to Trump's high-profile overture suggested both parties were settling into a protracted tug-of-war.

Top Democrat rescinds offer of $25 billion for Trump’s wall – Wed, 24 Jan 2018 PST

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown, then came scalding criticism from his party's liberal activist base that Democrats had given up too easily in reopening the government without securing more concrete promises on immigration.

Top Democrat rescinds offer of $25 billion for Trump’s wall

Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown, then came scalding criticism from his party's liberal activist base that Democrats had given up too easily in reopening the government without more concrete promises on immigration.

Democrats consider the unthinkable: forcing a shutdown

A year after losing the presidency, Democrats are facing an uncomfortable question: Are they willing to force a government shutdown to extract political victories - a hardball tactic for which they have long blasted Republicans? The dilemma comes as a Jan. 19 funding deadline approaches and bipartisan negotiations over immigration and other issues have so far failed to produce an agreement. The thorniest issue is the fate of "dreamers" - roughly 2 million young immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, some of whom had gained legal status under a program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals that President Trump canceled.

Trump washes his hands of insurgency against GOP incumbents

Trump told reporters after meeting GOP House and Senate leaders at Camp David on Saturday that he's planning a robust schedule of campaigning for the 2018 midterm elections and that includes involvement in the Republican primaries. He'll campaign for incumbents, he said, and "anybody else that has my kind of thinking."

The Latest: GOP lawmaker says no decisions yet on DACA

Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court. Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court.