A high-flying London couple have lost their second legal battle over noisy wooden flooring in their upstairs neighbours' £1.1million flat. Sergey Grazhdankin, 44, and his wife Maria failed in their ...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gives a thumbs-up as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 ...

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ nonvoting delegate in the House of Representatives, made a plea on the chamber floor amid Friday’s vote for a speaker, calling attention to a ...

kept his gavel amid a threat from the right flank of the House GOP, but managing the House GOP is not going to get any easier from here. The dramatic Friday Speaker vote on the House floor – in ...

House rules currently allow for one lawmaker to have the ability to introduce a motion to vacate the speakership and initiate a vote on the floor ... made clear his plans to not vote for Johnson ...

The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted 215-209 along party lines to set the chamber's rules for the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President ...

Members of Congress applauded Matt Gaetz’ absence on Friday after a clerk announced that the former U.S. Rep from Florida “will not serve in the House in the 119th Congress.” Gaetz resigned ...

The vote was held open as Mr. Johnson huddled off the House floor with members who refused to back him. Two of the holdouts — Representatives Keith Self of Texas and Ralph Norman of South ...

Around noon, lawmakers congregated on the House floor, and leaders from each party nominated their candidates. Republicans are expected to nominate Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana for another ...