Normally, photographers’ access in the House chamber is heavily restricted by the speaker’s office – but with no speaker, the photo team was able to take ... talking tensely with McCarthy after the ...

The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power ...

Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana on Wednesday won the House Republican nomination to remain as House speaker. Johnson faces a full House vote in the new year, where he will need the support of ...

Congress returns to a changed Washington as President-elect Donald Trump’s hard-right agenda is quickly taking shape, buoyed ...

Republicans narrowly won control of the House in November, so Mr McCarthy only had a few votes to spare in his bid to become Speaker ... and as evidence included a photo of the snack.

The fourth time may be the charm for House Republicans who say their latest nominee for speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, likely has enough votes to win the gavel on the House floor on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) said Republicans are prepared to avoid the mistakes they made during President-elect ...

The latest: Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected speaker Wednesday by the full House on a first vote. Follow live updates and see how each House member voted. Who is Mike Johnson? Here are five ...

we will restore the ability for any 5 members of the majority party to initiate a vote to remove the Speaker if so warranted,” McCarthy wrote in a letter addressed to House Republicans over the ...

With California Republican Kevin McCarthy losing multiple votes Tuesday to become speaker of the House, a final outcome may not come until Wednesday – and may result in a new candidate, a veteran ...

And at the White House, Biden handed out medals to officers and others who fought the attackers. “America is a land of laws, not chaos,” he said. At the afternoon speaker's vote, a number of ...