Speaker of the House

Democrats have used the Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, as a cudgel against former President Donald Trump for more than three years, mainly because it's all they have. With ...

The bipartisan Senate border deal is blowing up already. Released Sunday night after months of closed-door negotiations by top senators in both parties, the bill was greeted by an eruption ...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana says he directly confronted President Joe Biden about the border crisis and told him in no uncertain terms, "Do your job." Johnson appeared ...

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California reflected on his career in the House of Representatives on Thursday as he cast his final vote before retiring from Congress just before his ...

Could former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's greatest revenge upon the GOP be ... quitting? That's at least the speculation from congressional insiders, according to a report from Axios on Wednesday. That ...

What appeared evident to the public was reportedly even more so behind the scenes: There was bad blood between former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...

Rolling Stone magazine must have given its affluent liberal readers a feeling of breathless anticipation. "The Key to Mike Johnson’s Christian Extremism Hangs Outside His Office," the story's alarming headline ...

Is the honeymoon period already over for Speaker of the House Mike Johnson? It might be too early to say that, but it's not too early to say that he's ...

CNN's chief congressional correspondent spoke to former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, and the former speaker had some choice words for some of his fellow Republicans. Manu Raju told ...

Humility is a rarity among those in prominent positions across various professions and sectors. Rarer still to see a person in one of the highest offices of the land acknowledging ...

"I think it's been a failed presidency."

Newly sworn-in House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out what he sees as the seven core principles of not just American conservatism, but American greatness. In an approximately 19-minute speech delivered ...

House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke to the the full house after GOP Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana was elected as Speaker of House on Wednesday. In a rant ...

Please stand by for some good news. It’s this: The new speaker of the House is more than a committed conservative. Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson is also a dedicated Christian ...

The House has a speaker again.

Republicans nominated House Majority Whip Tom Emmer to be the next Speaker of the House

"My 35 years of experience as a business leader makes me uniquely qualified to lead a diverse Republican Conference."

A lot can happen over a weekend, and a lot did happen in the House speaker's race over this past weekend, as the list of official candidates grew from six ...

"Our country desperately needs leadership to hold Biden accountable and move our country forward.”

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan lost a third attempt to become the next Speaker of the House