A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

California began confronting a very different, unpredictable Washington Friday, as a Republican-controlled Congress officially began its 2025 session. The state’s 52 member House delegation now has ...

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

On Friday, the new Congress — the 119th — officially began its duties. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, ...

When the 119th Congress is sworn in Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson will fight for his political life — again.

Before Maryland’s freshman class in the U.S. House of Representatives could officially celebrate their first day, the ...

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in ...

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

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

The affable traditional conservative from South Dakota is the first new chief of the Senate G.O.P. in nearly two decades. He ...

U.S. Senate Republican leader John Thune faces the test of his career this year as he tries to steer Donald Trump's agenda ...

The Senate kicked off quietly as House steals the spotlight to start 2025. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) plans to pass individual appropriations bills, a farm bill, and focus on regular ...