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 ...

Johnson did not acquiesce to the sort of demands made of Kevin McCarthy, who gave conservatives outsize sway to win the speaker's gavel in 2021.

A Tribute to Derrick Rose’s Legacy On January 4th, 2025, Chicago officially declares “D Rose Day” to celebrate one of the ...

Trump's pick has secured the powerful House Speaker role after surviving a close vote against Democrat Hakeem Jeffries.

The close vote was a bad sign for Trump’s legislative agenda. The success of President-Elect Donald Trump’s legislative ...

Two Republicans who initially voted against Johnson changed their votes to support him, preventing a days-long speaker battle.

Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed that.

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right ...

Johnson's first-round defeat came at the hands of conservative Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas. The trio of GOP lawmakers voted for ...

No. 8 seed Ohio State jumped out to a 34-0 lead and cruised to a 41-21 win over No. 1 seed Oregon in the Rose Bowl/CFB ...

The Detroit News presents its All-North high school football teams for the 2024 season. Durham was a big-play threat, coming ...

It was a busy weekend of hoops in Danville for the annual Harry Johnson Holiday Classic basketball tournament. Here's a ...