Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy was sworn in on Friday afternoon, but not until he first engaged in an interesting vote for the House ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat ...

Norman initially joined Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Keith Self (R-PA) in refusing to vote for Mike Johnson to continue leading the House.

Johnson appeared to be on a path to defeat when five Republicans sat silently as their clerk called their names for a vote. Three others — Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of ...

Friday's vote underscores the challenges for Trump in keeping House Republicans united to legislate his agenda.

Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.

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

Though a U.S. citizen mowed down revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees political and policy ...

Yeah, that's right. That's an applause line,” Johnson said, pausing to urge his listeners to applaud -- which they did.

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

Trump took to his social media platform soon after the vote Friday, which returned the Louisiana Republican to the speaker's chair after initially being short of votes on the first ballot. But ...