WASHINGTON—Incumbent Mike Johnson won re-election as speaker of the House on the first ballot, after President-elect Donald ...

Trump ordered to appear for sentencing in hush money case days before he takes office: Live - Justice Juan Merchan rejected ...

With the start of the 119th Congress on Friday, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott has become the longest-serving Black U.S.

The judge, Juan Merchan, indicated that he favored a so-called unconditional discharge of Trump’s sentence, a rare and lenient alternative to jail or probation. He set a sentencing date of Jan. 10, ...

Though a U.S. citizen mowed down revelers on Bourbon Street, experts say the incoming president sees political and policy ...

Mike Johnson promises to ‘roll back administrative state’ in first speech after being re-elected Speaker - Johnson has ...

A New York judge on Friday upheld Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money case, rejecting the president-elect’s effort to ...

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

A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

House Republicans coalesced around Speaker Mike Johnson Friday and voted to extend his reign over the chamber to ensure ...

The House of Representatives on Friday votes to elect a speaker for the new Congress. Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of ...