Three Republican lawmakers voted against Johnson for speaker on Friday, though the vote tally has not been finalized yet. A ...

Johnson's first-round defeat came at the hands of conservative Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas. The trio of GOP lawmakers voted for ...

The Republican-run U.S. House of Representatives on Friday re-elected Mike Johnson as its speaker in its first ballot after ...

Washington state Democrats appeared to have accidentally emailed their internal tax proposals and talking points to the full ...

Some House lawmakers started celebrating when it was announced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) would not be joining the 119th Congress.

First-round balloting is underway at the U.S. Capitol, as the new Congress opened Friday with one major task at hand — the ...

Key Takeaways The U.S. government's borrowing limit was reimposed this week, putting the nation days away from going over the ...

Current Speaker Mike Johnson faces a leadership challenge on Friday as the new Congress convenes and votes on a new House speaker. Here's what to know.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call Friday to require alcohol labels warning of cancer risk will likely face strong resistance in Congress, which would have to pass a law to require the labels.

As right-wing figures blamed factors ranging from Islam to the Biden administration's nonexistent "open borders policy" for ...