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.

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 ...

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.

Madigan was the longest-serving state House leader in U.S. history, spending 36 years as speaker of the Illinois House of ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The House of Representatives will soon vote for a speaker of the House to lead the chamber for the next two years under the incoming Republican administration. The previous race for the top House ...

The main parties do not usually field candidates against the Speaker at general elections held during their term in office. He or she works closely with the Clerk of the House of Commons ...

Ricardo Brazziell USA TODAY NETWORK With Election Day in the past, the race for Texas House speaker is heating up as the Republican incumbent tries to hold onto the leadership role and a North ...