Rep. Mike Johnson pulled off a feat few believed possible Wednesday by becoming the 56th House speaker — with the full support of his GOP colleagues. Barely known outside the Beltway ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, just elected to be Speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the ...

U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership role on Tuesday night — a first in U.S. history — after McCarthy brokered a stop-gap spending measure to avoid a ...

Rep. Mike Johnson narrowly won his first full two-year term as House Speaker on Friday following a boost from President-elect Donald Trump and a change in course from two GOP hard-right holdouts.

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., made history Tuesday after a handful of conservative hardliners and Democratic lawmakers ousted him from the top leadership post in the chamber.

As the House GOP conference has struggled to coalesce behind a speaker candidate who can win a majority of the House, some Republican leaders are now leaning toward backing a resolution to expand ...

Who will emerge as the next Speaker of the House after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s removal? Although this is the first time in American history that a Speaker has been ousted, there are elections for ...

WASHINGTON – After House Republicans voted to drop Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as their speaker nominee, a mad dash for the top job has started within the deeply divided House Republican conference.