In a buoyant address to supporters moments after taking the oath of office in January, President Donald Trump ribbed House Speaker Mike Johnson over the number of Republican lawmakers he had tapped for administration posts — vacancies that only tightened the GOP’s already slender majority.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has mostly held his tiny Republican majority together, but as Congress considers whether to allow proxy voting for new parents, he’s finding that some forces may be stronger than political party.

The U.S. government has notified foreign partners of Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA of the imminent cancellation of authorizations that allow them to export Venezuelan oil and byproducts, sources close to the decision by President Donald Trump’s administration said on Saturday.

More than a dozen states have moved to adopt DOGE-style tactics, but have shied from setting concrete goals that the public could use to track their success.