In the House, Republican Plans Go Awry Amid Party Divides

Trump suffers rare defeat with House Republicans

<p>The House GOP revolt <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/17/house-republicans-pass-fisa-extension" target="_blank">on FISA</a> Friday wasn't just a setback for Speaker Mike Johnson — it was a rare defeat for President Trump with his own party.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Trump usually delivers House Republicans on big votes. This time he couldn't — exposing the limits of his influence and leaving Johnson exposed.</p><hr><ul><li>Charging ahead on a<a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/13/white-house-fisa-reauthorization-mike-johnson" target="_blank"> clean extension</a> of Section 702 was a White House call, but some of Trump's closest allies refused to budge on long-held beliefs around the national security tool.</li><li>More than two dozen Republicans voted down two separate procedural votes early Friday morning — once unheard of for members in the majority, but now an <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/02/13/speaker-johnson-house-slim-majority-rule-rebellions-th...

Capitol Police union plans no confidence vote against House side leaders

The union for the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) plans to hold a vote of no confidence for two House side leaders over what they called “job conditions that have exhausted officers” working on that side of the complex. The April 22 vote comes after the union said officers were “hung out to dry by USCP…

Republican Clay Fuller sworn in to take House seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene - AP News

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQVmZEdkF3V3MyUVBzeERtNWl1NUJxemwtelRtck1YNVEzNTFuS2I0ejRLTzh3N1B2U09LeW9IaDkyTDNDbWpQNWJWT2FhalBZX3diaVJtbEtjS0pwTnJSRm9QbDFwVUtQU1p5SktTelV4X2Ewb3dQSklPSUF5R3JSTnhKaG9nenkteVVNQzZxcXd2UGxIdHhxaDF4c3piMXBDY0lyZGRCSFhaVHcwdzhGWURCLUo?oc=5" target="_blank">Republican Clay Fuller sworn in to take House seat formerly held by Marjorie Taylor Greene</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">AP News</font>

House Republicans Step Up Scrutiny of Democratic Fund-Raising Giant

Three Republican-led committees, responding to a New York Times report this month, accused the Democratic fund-raising organization of withholding documents from a subpoena request.

House set to break with Trump, vote against ending deportation protections for Haitians

All House Democrats and four Republicans forced a vote on a measure to stop the Trump administration from ending temporary deportation protections for more than 300,000 people from Haiti.

Senate Republicans ‘syncing’ immigration funding plan with House GOP - Politico