McCarthy faces speaker race tumult
MADISON, Wis. — When new legislators are sworn into the new Congress on Tuesday, they will also have to pick a new speaker to lead them since Republicans regained…
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Wisconsin's tie to Biden's Supreme Court nominee
President Joe Biden's reported pick for the U.S. Supreme Court has a tie to Wisconsin -- and an unlikely supporter.
Paul Ryan joins board of Fox Corporation
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is joining the board of the newly slimmed-down Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News.
Trump blames Ryan for not getting border wall funding
President Donald Trump blamed former House Speaker Paul Ryan for not getting funding for the wall, saying in an interview with The Daily Caller that Ryan assured him congressional Republicans would get the money when the President agreed not to veto the omnibus spending bill last year.
Trump won't sign current funding bill
A holiday government shutdown appeared more likely on Thursday after President Donald Trump informed House Republicans he would refuse to accept a stop-gap measure -- already passed by the Senate -- that doesn't include funds for his long-promised border wall.
Ryan reflects on 'great and lasting difference' in farewell address to Congress
Outgoing Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday that under his watch, the US House of Representatives "made a great and lasting difference in the trajectory of this country" in his farewell address at the Library of Congress, a final capstone in a series of events marking his departure after more than two decades on Capitol Hill.
Beards making comeback in politics
Politics tends to be the realm of the clean shaven, but as America has grown more lax about facial hair, scruff has become more acceptable in Washington too.
House Republicans move to gut resolution on war in Yemen
The Senate opened debate Wednesday on a bill to restrict US military involvement in Saudi-led war in Yemen, a dramatic move reflecting deep bipartisan anger over the Trump administration's handling of relations with Saudi Arabia.
Paul Ryan: 'You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order'
House Speaker Paul Ryan told a Kentucky radio station on Tuesday that "you cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order," remarks that come after President Donald Trump said that he has thought about trying to do just that.
House GOP leadership elections to take place week after midterms
House Republican leadership elections will take place the week after the midterm elections, with the expected date to be November 14, two GOP aides confirm to CNN.
Paul Ryan warns of 'green wave' of money for Democrats
House Speaker Paul Ryan pointed to a "green wave" of money that Democrats have infused into the midterm elections, telling a crowd of Republican supporters on Wednesday that "this is our challenge."
Ryan: GOP base 'definitely animated' after SCOTUS fight
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday the Republican base is "definitely animated" ahead of this fall's midterms, after the recent and incendiary battle to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Top Hill Republicans offer mixed reactions to Trump's Puerto Rico tweets
Top Hill Republicans are having mixed reactions to a series of Thursday tweets from President Donald Trump where he falsely accused Democrats of conflating the death toll after two Hurricanes hit Puerto Rico last year.
GOP downplays Trump's week of drama
President Donald Trump may be facing one of the toughest weeks of his presidency, but on Capitol Hill, the avalanche of news also forced Republicans into a familiar posture -- dodging, weaving and downplaying -- as the party braces for the midterm elections and hopes the president's drama won't dog them at the polls.
What GOP lawmakers saying -- or not saying -- about Cohen
Congressional Republicans are largely avoiding speculation that the guilty plea by President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen could potentially implicate the president in campaign finance violations.
Ryan's super PAC spends millions in attack ads
A super PAC aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan is opening a new front to lash a range of Democratic candidates in the final sleepy days of summer, part of a newly aggressive strategy to save the Republican Party's House majority -- at serious risk of flipping this fall.
Ryan talks about handling Trump, avoiding 'tragedy'
House Speaker Paul Ryan suggests in a new interview that a success of his tenure as House speaker has been to avoid unnamed "tragedies" during the Trump administration.
Paul Ryan finds out he's part Jewish on TV show
House Speaker Paul Ryan found out that he is part Jewish as part of the upcoming season of PBS' show "Finding Your Roots."
McConnell, Ryan warn Trump about government shutdown
Here are the stories our D.C. insiders are talking about in this week's "Inside Politics" forecast, where you get a glimpse of tomorrow's headlines today.
House Republican leaders hold off conservative push to impeach Rosenstein
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday he does not support House conservatives' efforts to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as the House Freedom Caucus leaders backed down -- for now.
House Speaker Paul Ryan advocates for more Russia sanctions
House Speaker Paul Ryan railed against Russia for interfering in American elections, saying Tuesday that he's "more than happy" to consider additional sanctions against the country following last week's indictment of Russian agents who allegedly hacked Democratic email accounts and servers.
Paul Ryan says a family of woodchucks ate his car
Don't underestimate the damage a few hungry rodents can inflict, even on something as inedible as an SUV.
Paul Ryan: 'New tariffs are not the solution'
House Speaker Paul Ryan said the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed "risk having jobs being moved overseas and we risk a decline in American influence" during a speech at the Economic Club of Washington on Thursday.
Dem running for Paul Ryan's seat has arrest history
A Democrat from Wisconsin running to replace House Speaker Paul Ryan in Congress was arrested and pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 1998, in addition to eight other arrests, according to documents obtained by CNN.
