Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a major win for President Donald Trump early Thursday morning, quashing a conservative rebellion and driving a deeply divided House GOP to pass a bill that many of them were still pushing fiercely to change.

President Trump on Thursday morning hailed House passage of the sweeping bill full of his legislative priorities, thanking GOP leadership and the lawmakers who voted for it. The bill, titled the

Since its foundation, its work has extended beyond research into matters like negotiating local peace deals in Iraq or Nigeria. Much of its $55m budget was spent on grants to charities. The fact that USIP might become a target of the Trump administration was foreseeable.

Thursday morning's vote is already at the center of ads in swing districts, as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of the House in the midterm elections.

Hillary Clinton took a swipe at female Republican Party leaders, calling on the future first female President of the United States to not be a "handmaiden to the patriarchy."

Thursday’s Senate vote to block California’s ban on sales of gas cars is the latest GOP effort to stop state climate policies.

Updates and the latest news as Trump hosts South Africa's president and the House Rules Committee meets on the Republicans' budget bill.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on the videos Trump played when meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office.

House Republicans have reconvened for a potential all-night session on their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised President Donald Trump at a MAHA commission event at the White House on Thursday. Kennedy said he has never seen a president who is willing to stand up to industry and willing to talk about difficult issues.