But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...

The 119th Congress began today and the first order of businesses was electing the Speaker of the House. After winning over a ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...

New polling has suggested that Reform UK could win four council seats in Northumberland when the county goes to the polls ...

Johnson has publicly expressed confidence that he will retain the speaker's gavel, but spent the final day before the vote on Capitol Hill meeting with Republican holdouts.

The close vote was a bad sign for Trump’s legislative agenda. The success of President-Elect Donald Trump’s legislative ...

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

Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed that.

A retired County Durham miner has received the news that he will now receive Pension Credit, after featuring on GB News back in October. Billie Pounder who voted for Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party at ...

Pollsters behind the survey say the data should act as a 'wake-up call' for Sir Keir Starmer when it comes to immigration ...

Mike Johnson’s failed speakership bid shows how hard it may be for the narrow Republican majority to enact Trump’s ...