Defying opposition from within his party’s ranks, House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted late Wednesday that Republicans would march ahead on their

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is holding a press conference after the House passed President Donald Trump ‘s favored “big, beautiful bill.” The press conference is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

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

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House are betting that the bill full of President Trump’s priorities is so big — and so “beautiful,” at least in the eyes of the president — that it

House Republicans are working on President Donald Trump's budget reconciliation bill this week, and the White House wants a vote soon.

Johnson and his GOP leadership team appeared confident they would be able to stick to their schedule and shore up GOP support for final passage late Wednesday or Thursday.

Speaker Mike Johnson was laboring to put together a series of changes aimed at winning over holdouts. President Trump was to meet at the White House with recalcitrant conservatives.