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

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

House of the Dragon 's showrunner Ryan Condal talked about Season 3’s filming schedule on the podcast The Stuff Dreams Are ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson was reelected speaker of the House in the first ballot Friday afternoon in a surprisingly ...

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 ...