Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, ...

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

A new session of Congress began Friday with Republicans to take full control in the Washington this month. But the new ...

The Louisiana Republican was unanimously nominated as his party’s candidate for speaker. But resistance among right-wing ...

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did not ...

Johnson has publicly expressed confidence that he will retain the speaker's gavel, but spent the final day before the vote on Capitol Hill meeting with Republican holdouts.

David Super, an expert on congressional procedure who teaches at Georgetown University, said Congress should still be able to ...

Donald Trump endorsed Johnson for speake. But it’s uncertain whether that will be enough to persuade far-right Republicans ...

Elon Musk voiced support for GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's latest spending bill on Friday, giving him a sigh of relief just hours before a government shutdown could begin. "This is great," Musk ...

Washington Post Congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post national editor Phil Rucker, and Republican strategist Mike Ricci join Chris Jansing to discuss Musk’s growing ...

Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new continuing resolution plan on Friday that does not include what the president-elect has been pining for for days: an extension to the debt ceiling.