The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted along party lines to set the chamber's rules for the 119th ...

Johnson did not acquiesce to the sort of demands made of Kevin McCarthy, who gave conservatives outsize sway to win the speaker's gavel in 2021.

Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

The Pew Research Center published a breakdown of religious affiliations for the members of the new Congress, which convened ...

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ...

Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

Though a U.S. citizen mowed down revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees political and policy ...

Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Friday, narrowly winning a showdown with his party's right-flank after ...

The 119th Congress has begun – and for two New Jersey politicians, that means the beginning of a congressional career that ...

Rep. Mike Johnson will keep the role as House Speaker after being reelected on Friday. Some Republicans were threatening to ...

A new poll finds that Republican voters are more confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won.

Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.