As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, many of his supporters have spent the last few weeks sparring with each other online over a ...

Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.), the son of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, is considering a run for chair of the ...

In past years, Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. None received the majority of the vote. And generally, ...

As Republicans hold just a four-seat advantage in the House, a new Congress began on Friday with Speaker Johnson retaining his post.

Moments after his election as House Speaker on Friday, Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, wasted no time in highlighting ...

Elissa Slotkin is neither a congressman nor a senator-elect any longer, having been sworn in as Michigan's newest U.S. senator Friday afternoon with the installation of the 119th Congress. Across the ...

The Louisiana Republican was unanimously nominated as his party’s candidate for speaker. But resistance among right-wing ...

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP ...

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year's Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP ...