Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, center, with other members of the House Freedom Caucus at the Capitol on Friday.

Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a four-term Republican Senator, is spending record sums to try to fend off a primary challenge from Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, who is beloved by the MAGA base.

“We do not have U.S. armed forces in Venezuela, and we are not occupying that country,” Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday.

President Trump’s two vetoes were the first of his second term.

A Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago last week on the first day of the government shutdown.

Representative Jim Jordan, rear row, right, is among the leaders requesting that college consulting firms share information about their pricing algorithms, among other issues.

To keep the government open past Oct. 1, lawmakers in Congress have to agree on a spending bill.

The only hospital in Martin County, N.C., closed two years ago.

Emil Bove III, a top Justice Department official, at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday for an appeals court judgeship.

Justice Neil Gorsuch with former Justice Stephen Breyer at a memorial event for Antonin Scalia last year during a Federalist Society convention in Washington.

Ed Martin has used his authority to upend the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, as well as dismantle and delegitimize the Jan. 6 inquiry.

“Vladimir Putin is not a legitimate leader; he is a war criminal that needs to be dealt with,” Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina once said.

A few Republicans, including Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, have made clear they do not agree with the president’s approach but have taken pains not to criticize him.