The Trump administration’s expansive freeze on federal grants and other executive spending roiled Washington on Tuesday, drawing howls from Democrats — and a few well-placed Republicans — who say the president is abusing his powers at the expense of public services.

Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move on.

which rattled many on Capitol Hill who lived through the attack and fled the mob of Trump’s supporters as they violently broke into the building and halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory. Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota ...

President Trump’s sweeping pardons of more than 1,500 people charged with crimes related to the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, including individuals who assaulted police officers, stunned

(The Hill) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping ... and maybe had a different outcome for some of them,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.). “But once President Biden pardoned the entire ...

Around this time two years ago, as the Republican majority in the House got to work, among the earliest priorities for the party was a new, GOP-friendly investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The endeavor would be led by Loudermilk, who faced some awkward questions about a controversial Capitol tour the day before the riot.

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation's defense secretary Friday in a dramatic late-night vote, swatting back questions about his qualifications to lead the Pentagon amid allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.

Some GOP lawmakers are grumbling over President Trump’s “Kitchen Cabinet” of billionaire allies such as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who were featured prominently at Trump’s inauguration last week.

Asked directly by POLITICO about Trump’s executive order to grant TikTok a reprieve in defiance of the law passed by Congress, Senate Majority Leader John Thune — who supported the ban and once pushed his own bill to crack down on the app — appeared willing to let Trump’s order stand for now.

Democrats are struggling to respond to the sheer volume of executive orders, personnel changes, and policy shifts taking place in the little more than a week since President Donald Trump’s

The former Florida congressman has already begun his new duties. Complicating matters for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, Waltz isn’t alone: Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York, Trump’s ...

GOP leaders say they want to focus on conservative policy, but the president is fixated on relitigating the 2020 election even though it doesn’t resonate.