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The Kentucky Republican was ousted after a challenge from a Trump-backed opponent.

The California Democrat says he admires the "courage" of the Kentucky Republican.

He spoke to at least two county party chairs on Thursday as attention to his undisclosed illness grew.

Rep. Richard Hudson, chair of the House GOP's campaign arm, told reporters Thursday he spoke to Rep. Tom Kean Jr. and he will be back voting in June. Kean, a New Jersey Republican, has been missing from Capitol Hill since March 5 without explanation. Hudson, of North Carolina, said in an interview just a few days ago he hadn't spoken to Kean in a while and only heard from Kean’s team that he could run for reelection.

New GOP language sought to block the institution from portraying “any biological male as a female.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche spent more than an hour sparring with Republican senators behind closed doors.

Rep. Andrew Clyde said in an interview Thursday he supports the DOJ's new, $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund — and isn't ruling out seeking money from the account for himself. The Georgia Republican said the goal of the fund is to "make whole" anyone who has been unfairly targeted by the government, including people who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Pressed on whether he would personally pursue compensation, he reiterated that the fund is for "anyone" who has been the victim of government weaponization. Clyde has, in the past, argued he's been targeted by the IRS, and was […]

It's an ambitious timeline for Republicans, who still haven't passed their current reconciliation measure.

GOP leaders are waiting to see if the Senate can make progress with the party-line legislation.

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Suozzi are drafting legislation as Senate Republicans consider curbs.

Congressional investigators must consider whether Epstein’s former assistant, Sarah Kellen, was a victim or an accomplice.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will meet with a group of Senate Republicans today at 11 a.m., a person familiar with the planning said. The meeting comes as Republicans try to finalize their reconciliation bill and address concerns from members about the Justice Department's new "anti-weaponization" fund.

Democrats will look to the “vote-a-rama” process to squeeze vulnerable Republican incumbents on a range of Trump priorities and controversies.

GOP lawmakers fear a self-interested president is needlessly risking their party’s majorities.

Lawmakers might, however, encounter opposition from industry heavyweights who don’t want more regulation.

Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.

House GOP leaders are canceling a vote on an Iran war powers resolution they had previously scheduled tor Wednesday, according to three people granted anonymity to share private scheduling updates. Due to GOP absences and defections, the measure likely would have been approved if the vote were held today. Rather than take that risk, Republicans are now expected to hold the vote Thursday. It comes the day after the Senate moved its own war powers resolution over a procedural hurdle in a surprise rebuketo President Donald Trump.

Hudson’s late surge helped him overcome Attorney General Steve Marshall, who fell short despite his long experience in local elected office.

Republicans are preparing to remove Secret Service funding from their party-line immigration enforcement bill, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions. Both people stressed that the decision isn't final — and Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday morning that talks are still ongoing. But the expected decision comes as the Trump administration has struggled to sell GOP senators on the money, part of which would go toward President Donald Trump's ballroom project. Senate Republicans plan to discuss the matter at a closed-door lunch Wednesday afternoon.

The president’s broadside comes days after she rejected Republicans’ effort to fund the ballroom project through an immigration enforcement bill.