The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted along party lines to set the chamber's rules for the 119th ...

The Republican Party shows unity by electing Rep. Mike Johnson as House Speaker, avoiding past voting chaos and setting ...

Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

Johnson was able to flip two remaining holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. The final ...

Veteran Reps. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) hold the positions of Democratic Caucus chair and vice ...

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, ...

A GOP lawmaker called Friday's House Speaker vote — in which two Republicans were finally convinced to change their ballots ...

Under the new rules package, which cleared the lower chamber in a near-party-line vote, 215-209, a motion to vacate the chair ...

Texas has four new members of the U.S. House of Representatives following the first session of the 119th Congress.

Like the great cowboy movie starring Gary Cooper, Johnson wins over dozens of GOP rebels — with some friendly persuasion from President Trump.

Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.

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.