Richmond was engulfed in a water crisis this week that provoked an eerie reminder of lessons learned — or not — from when Hurricane Isabel swept into Virginia in 2003.

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

The New York Rangers were making other franchises envious. The Rangers made the Eastern Conference finals twice in three seasons, losing in six games to the Florida Panthers last year after ...

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 ...

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — One person is in the hospital and nine are displaced after a house fire in Fairfax County early Friday morning. Fairfax Fire Department responded to the house on the 2900 ...

The vote was held open as Mr. Johnson huddled off the House floor with members who refused ... united around his ambitious domestic policy plans. But the president-elect’s track record with ...