The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a high-stakes leadership fight to pick the next House speaker. Mike Johnson ...

As leader of the House of Representatives, the speaker controls what bills make it to the floor, appoints members to committees, signs bills, gives members permission to speak on the floor and ...

In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana ...

And the first order of business in the House is to elect the Constitutional officer for the legislative branch of government: Speaker of the House. Only the House votes for Speaker. And the House ...

The new House of Representatives meets for the first time on Friday. But before lawmakers can do anything else, they must elect a speaker. It is no easy task, given Republicans’ razor-thin ...

Mike Johnson said Biden has not "been in charge for some time" and even at a 2022 meeting, the president was unaware what was in his own executive order.

House Republicans — after some initial drama — successfully reelected Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker on Friday. Johnson’s victory in the first round of voting came as something of a surprise ...

If no one quickly wins the gavel, certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could be delayed.

Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by ...

Republican officeholders and GOP grassroots activists learn difficult lesson about meddling in the affairs of the Texas House ...