Speaker Mike Johnson was on the verge of an embarrassing defeat on the floor: the narrowly-divided GOP House was on track to reject billions in DOGE cuts.

The package now heads to the Senate, which will have until July 18 to approve the requests otherwise the halted funding must be continued.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan arrived at federal court for his historic sentencing in a long-running corruption case.

Michael Madigan, the once-powerful speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, has learned his fate following his conviction on bribery and conspiracy charges earlier this year.

President Trump posted on social media to invite Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul to the Congressional Picnic. The post came after Sen. Paul claimed the White House revoked his invitation following disputes over the Republican budget bill.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that “of course” Sen. Rand Paul is invited to the annual congressional picnic later in the day, amid a dispute with the Kentucky Republican over his invite to the long-held bipartisan gathering.

Ky., a vocal opponent of President Trump’s tariff policy, said that he and his family were "uninvited" to the annual White House picnic. President Trump posted on Truth Social the following day saying that Paul was in fact welcome at the "BIG White House Party" and called the Republican senator the "toughest vote in the history of the U.