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Congress Tries, but Fails, to Take a Stand for Its Own Powers

House votes to override a pair of Trump vetoes were an unusual bid by some in the G.O.P. to assert their own branch’s prerogatives. But they fell short.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The move was described by one of President Trump’s allies as designed to “slap the president in the face.”
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Doug LaMalfa’s Death Further Depletes House G.O.P. Majority

The California Republican’s sudden passing, on the same day that Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s resignation took effect, made the party’s House math even trickier.

© Max Whittaker for The New York Times

Representative Doug LaMalfa, Republican of California, on his farm in Richvale, Calif., last month.
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