WASHINGTON—Republicans clinched control of the House more than a week after Election Day, with GOP lawmakers on course for ...

La., is expected to easily win his party's nomination for speaker in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, with a final vote set for January on the House floor.

The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.

House Republicans on Wednesday locked in their top leadership positions for the looming 119th Congress ... For the leading ...

The rest of the top GOP leaders were also reelected. But the outcome belies a more difficult road ahead for the speaker.

President-elect Trump nominated one of his most prominent loyalists in Congress to lead the Department of Justice. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz is the former president’s pick to serve as the nation’s top ...

While Johnson has no serious challenger, he faces dissent within his ranks, particularly from hard-right conservatives and ...

U.S. House Republicans nominated Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport to keep his job after President-elect Donald Trump gave ...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading conservative, announced Wednesday morning he will back Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) for Senate ...

Making things small is always a challenge, and making small things powerful is downright one of the most difficult tasks on ...

Many of President-elect Trump’s picks for his new cabinet are coming from Capitol Hill. “I hope Trump doesn’t pick any more,” ...

Over the past week, Marco Rubio has emerged as a leading contender to head US diplomacy, with former ambassador to Germany ...