President-elect Donald Trump and the spending-skeptical House may be on a path that could end in a collision over federal spending. Just consider his pricey idea of the U.S. purchasing Greenland. A group of conservative House Republicans last month demanded deep spending cuts as Congress struggled to pass an extension of government funding

President-elect Donald Trump is pushing for one reconciliation bill that will include his border, energy, and tax policy priorities, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told Republicans in a closed-door meeting on Saturday,

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Trump wants to pass one reconciliation package, a strategy that runs counter to the two-bill effort several other GOP lawmakers had been pushing for.

The bill, which would impose harsher penalties on some people who are in the country illegally, is an early test of how far right Democrats could shift in the second Trump presidency.

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.