Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

Two Republicans who initially voted against Johnson changed their votes to support him, preventing a days-long speaker battle.

Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed that.

Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.

Plus: Biden prepares for New Orleans visit{beacon} Evening Report © Greg NashGOP divisions on display as Johnson keeps gavel ...

A new poll finds that Republican voters are more confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin ...

Democrats worry about a "'runaway convention' where anything and everything is on the table," Hayes Brown said at MSBNC.

But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...

Mike Johnson’s failed speakership bid shows how hard it may be for the narrow Republican majority to enact Trump’s ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right ...

The first major drama of the new Congress took place as the House of Representatives sought to elect a new speaker, with Mike Johnson managing to secure a majority after finally winning over two ...