The North Carolina House elected a new speaker for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday, choosing a young lieutenant to ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson clearly hopes to avoid the fate of his immediate predecessor, but the intraparty threats haven't ...

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives reelected state Rep. Joanna McClinton, a Philadelphia Democrat, as House speaker ...

WASHINGTON -- This time was supposed to be different.

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

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) must persuade a handful of Republican lawmakers frustrated at his leadership to support ...

As they seek to smooth over past factional fights in the state Senate, Republicans face a new round of infighting in the ...

The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan returns to the stand Wednesday . It was surprise and risky decision to testify by a man famously tight-lipped with the media. It may be ...

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As leader of the House of Representatives, the speaker controls what bills make it to the floor, appoints members to ...

A Democratic state representative’s health problems could complicate the vote for speaker of the Pennsylvania House of ...