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Elise Stefanik, a GOP candidate for New York governor, told the Wall Street Journal that House Republicans have underperformed under Mike Johnson.
Trump’s plan is to bolster his party’s narrow House margin to protect Republicans from losing control of the chamber in next year’s elections. Normally, the president’s party loses seats in the midterms. But his involvement in redistricting is instead becoming an illustration of the limits of presidential power.
The Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the House of Representatives, boosting President Donald Trump's quest for his party to keep control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation will shrink the GOP's already razor-thin majority in the House.
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson is imploring his fellow Republicans to stop venting their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly.
House Republicans have an exodus problem. More than two dozen GOP lawmakers have already announced their decision to leave their seats at the end of the term, and the number is expected to
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With his own presidency at stake, Trump is calling candidates, making early endorsements, and pushing economic messaging to try to keep Congress in Republican hands.
Leaders have said the House has the votes to pass the bill, though it's unlikely to garner unanimous Republican support: at least three Republican representatives have said they oppose redistricting, and another voted against passing the bill out of committee.
Although President Donald Trump won the district by 22 points in the 2024 election, the Democratic challenger in the special election for a vacant U.S. House seat closed the gap to single digits Tuesday.