WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had to bring in the big gun last week — President Trump — to pressure House Republican holdouts into passing one of the largest tax cuts in US history. “There ...

The House of Representatives chose Rep. Mike Johnson to serve as speaker on Wednesday following the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the role over three weeks ago. Johnson, R-La., was ...

Congress has been in chaos for weeks. Since coming within hours of a partial government shutdown at the start of the month to a leadership crisis within the GOP, the chaos on Capitol Hill hasn't let ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) heads to the House floor on Friday in hopes of being formally reelected Speaker. While Johnson has the endorsement of President-elect Trump to remain Speaker, one ...

House Republicans on Tuesday evening picked Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for their fourth nominee for Speaker, just hours after House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s (R-Minn.) bid ended. Emmer won the ...

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.

Now that there’s an opening, a handful of House Republicans are calling for it and the former president is both publicly and privately toying with the idea. “A lot of people have been calling me about ...

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.

The House Republicans voted to nominate Scalise yesterday, but he was unable to get all of those who voted for Rep. Jim Jordan to back him ahead of a floor vote. Coverage on this live blog has ended.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) departs Thursday after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) announced he is dropping out of the race for speaker. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Analysis by Aaron ...

The House voted to eject Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as leader Tuesday, making him the first speaker in history to ever be removed after just 269 days at the helm, following a rebellion among ...

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed in a single round of voting Tuesday to win enough Republican support to become the next speaker of the House, extending the GOP’s chaos and uncertainty over who should ...