House Speaker Mike Johnson says Congress would have to approve President Donald Trump's proposal to send $5,000 to each American adult if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election.

This Week” host George Stephanopoulos pressed GOP Rep. Mike Lawler on president Trump’s proposed $5,000 “dividend check” to all American adults if Republicans win in the midterm elections.

President Donald Trump floated a plan to send all American adults a $5,000 check if the Republicans win the midterms and keep control of Congress.

President Donald Trump defended the $5,000 checks he said he’d distribute to all Americans if Republicans retain control of the House in November, blasting Democrats for criticizing the payouts—as more Republicans have also expressed concerns about the brazen proposal.

Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor, said he and the pilot swam to safety after an emergency landing on Lake Wausau.

The congressman thanked the pilot and first responders for coming to their aid, and expressed his gratitude at only having sustained minor injuries.

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) speaks, before U.S. Vice President JD Vance discusses anti-fraud initiatives during a visit to Wisconsin Air National Guard's 128th Air Refueling Wing, at Milwaukee Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee,

Wisconsin Governor candidate Tom Tiffany says he and a pilot suffered minor injuries after their plane made an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau. Tiffany says the four seat Bonanza lost power as it approached Wausau downtown airport.

The 40-year-old woman was unvaccinated, according to the coroner. Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest level in three decades.

A 40-year-old woman is the third measles-associated death in a fast-growing outbreak in Pennsylvania that’s sparked a political clash between state and federal officials.

This comes as the state has been in the middle of a political firestorm over measles and as Pennsylvania’s cases of the disease are climbing.

A Pennsylvania coroner has confirmed a measles-related death. Coroner Greg Furlong said a 40-year-old woman is the first person to die from measles-related complications in Jefferson County. The woman died on Saturday.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear told Newsweek that Senator Mitch McConnell should explain his nearly three-month absence from the Senate or resign, while

Mitch McConnell has been away from the Senate for three months as senators return this week. His office has tied the absence to a fall, rehabilitation and pneum

The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, is approaching his third month out of office. Will he return when the Senate is back from break on Sept. 14?

President Donald Trump took center stage at the Irish Open on Sunday, reveling in a golf tournament at his family’s Doonbeg resort even as his political agenda faces a critical test in November’s midterm elections.

Shane Lowry reacts to winning the Irish Open for the second time at Doonbeg and receiving the trophy from US President Donald Trump.

Shane Lowry won the Irish Open for the second time on Sunday to the delight of the home crowd and a cheering U.S. President Donald Trump, who presented the ​Irishman with the trophy at the west of Ireland course owned by the Trump family.

The president continues his visit to Ireland by attending the Irish Open, before returning home to the United States.

A leaked report from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation outlines devastating aftershocks that would follow if David Ellison pulled Paramount Skydance out of California. A copy of the report published by Politico reads,

Meanwhile, we remain shocked nobody is arguing that the merger will give Paramount control of too many of Hollywood's strategic logo-slathered water towers. Photo: Justin Sullivan/ Although they’re technically headed—due to a legally mandated step set forward by a judge—to the settlement negotiation table next month,

A court will hold a two-day settlement conference in the Paramount-Warner Bros. antitrust case in late October. The conference is a standard part of civil procedure and does not indicate whether a deal is in the offing.

Paramount Skyance (PSKY) and a group of 12 state attorneys general who sued to block the entertainment company's planned $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) were told by a judge to find dates for settlement talks late next month.