Stefan has covered national politics for more than a decade and helps oversee a team covering the White House, Congress ... this crisis immediately." The new speaker did not elaborate on what ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, just elected to be Speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the ...

WASHINGTON – Despite the House being frozen without a speaker, Congress is in for a hectic week as Republicans scramble to find a new leader after the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin ...

But he’ll need the backing of nearly every Republican to become speaker, as Democrats are certain to back their own nominee, Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York. Republicans control the House 221 ...

He pointed out that "it's unlikely the House would continue to operate as usual without a new speaker being selected." In his first remarks as speaker pro tempore, McHenry announced that "the ...

Republican chaos in the lower chamber continued in Washington D.C. Tuesday as the G.O.P. led House of Representatives ... it is unclear if it result in a new Speaker.

New House members will not be sworn in until lawmakers elect a Speaker, though some newly elected members have already made an impact. Members are seen during the first day of the 118th session of ...

Since new House Speaker Mike Johnson took the gavel yesterday, members have seen a flurry of legislative activity on the floor. But with new leadership in place, House Republicans could be headed ...

WASHINGTON — The first order of business when the 118th Congress convenes Tuesday is to elect the new speaker of the House. In the past, the vote has been a party-line formality — but not this ...

The race is on to find a new speaker of the House. So far, there are two candidates: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio.

Republicans said they would leave Washington until next week, with no clear path to finding a new speaker of the House. “I don’t regret standing up for choosing governance over grievance ...