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

In the end, Donald Trump was the one who saved Mike Johnson’s gavel Friday during a drama-filled House floor vote for speaker ...

The House speaker vote was a litmus test of President-elect Trump's ability to unify a fractious Republican Party.

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) is hoping for a smooth reelection to his house speaker post when the new Congress kicks off on Friday. He’s got President-elect Donald Trump ’s support, which is ...

Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Friday, narrowly winning a showdown with his party's right-flank after ...

There was a first-day-of-school energy on Capitol Hill as members of Congress took their oaths and Speaker Mike Johnson fought for his job.

Trump supported Johnson and the GOP followed — an early sign of unity among House Republicans as they head into the new 119th Congress.

The judge in the New York hush money case of President-elect Trump denied Trump's motion to dismiss the case and set sentencing for Jan 10. But the judge said he will not order Trump jailed. Meanwhile ...

US President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Louisiana lawmaker Mike Johnson after he was returned as speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday, hailing his victory as a sign of the country's ...

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, ...

At the same time that it appeared House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) would fail to be re-elected on the first ballot on the ...

The judge presiding over the hush money against Donald Trump denied his bid to dismiss the case and said he'll sentence him on January 10, ten days before his inauguration. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports ...