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, ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including Mike Johnson’s reelection as House speaker ...

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

Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was re-elected to another term in the House after two Republican dissenters flipped last minute in a floor vote on Friday — with President-elect Donald Trump ...

Mike Johnson retains gavel after two reps change their votes - President-elect Donald Trump’s ally battling to retain gavel ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold onto his position as head of the chamber after Republicans cast their votes in his favor ...

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places ...

Three of Mike Johnson’s fellow Republicans voted against their party’s nominee to lead the House, despite an endorsement from ...

Good morning and welcome to The Independent ’s live coverage as the 119th Congress convenes in Washington DC and the House of Representatives elects its speaker, with Donald Trump’s Republican ally ...

Both supporters of CT’s ‘fiscal guardrails’ and reform advocates agree on one thing: They want the debate to play out in the ...

The 119th Congress begins Friday with Republicans in full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019. Here's what to know.