House Speaker Mike Johnson stares down a difficult battle to retain the gavel on Friday, even despite an endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump. Despite narrowly hanging on to the GOP majority, ...

Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy is among the most notable holdouts, an unflinching member of the Freedom Caucus who lashed into Republican leadership’s handling of the year-end spending bill for failing to ...

A new Congress starts Friday with a long to-do list for Donald Trump’s second term: keeping the government open, raising the ...

Around a dozen lawmakers remain major question marks in Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) quest to win a floor vote for the ...

U.S. Rep.-elect Derek Schmidt, a Republican headed to Washington to represent the 2nd District of Kansas, speaks on the ...

The 119th Congress will be sworn in Friday with Republicans officially becoming the majority in both chambers as House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a vote to retain the speakership. Follow here for the ...

US Republican leader Mike Johnson was set to face down critics Friday (Saturday in Manila) in a vote in Congress that could ...

The 119th Congress kicks off Friday as lawmakers return to Washington with a long January to-do list and a packed first day.

In past years, Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. None received the majority of the vote. And generally, ...

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

The messy government shutdown fight this month foreshadows some of the challenges House Republicans could face next year, as ...

The House approved a spending bill in a 366-34 vote, sending it to the Senate for a critical vote Friday ahead of a midnight deadline.