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, ...

Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed ...

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 ...

Honduras President Xiomara Castro’s comments earlier this week threatening to stop her country’s cooperation with the U.S. military if President-elect Donald Trump follows through on promised mass ...

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

Republican and Democrat lawmakers are renewing efforts to pass legislation supporting Georgia, touting it as one of the best ...

The president-elect may be hell-bent on reversing his predecessor’s policies. But some of Biden’s biggest wins on everything ...

Those looking for wisdom and constructive ideas in the wake of the deadly violence in New Orleans had reason to avoid ...