Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places ...

For a moment there on Friday afternoon, Mike Johnson’s speakership looked a little dicey. But following multiple huddles and ...

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

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defied his most conservative critics to retain his gavel in the next Congress, ...

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, ...

Moments after his election as House Speaker on Friday, Mike Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, wasted no time in highlighting ...

With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black U.S. senator.

Divided Republicans in the House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker in the opening round of voting Friday by ...

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

New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the filibuster, saying in his ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...