Congress returns Friday and is voting for a House speaker just days after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson ...

By Bo Erickson, Richard Cowan, Katharine Jackson and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives ...

One almost certain “No” vote is from Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who has said he doesn’t believe Johnson is ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) said House Democrats would work with Republicans on securing the border and ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Thursday that House Republicans will investigate the disbanded House select committee ...

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP ...

Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson -- and incoming US president Donald Trump -- faced a test of political strength Friday ...

Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Friday, narrowly winning a showdown with his party's right-flank after ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right ...

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.

A new US Congress has assembled, and the Republicans have a majority in both chambers. But president-elect Donald Trump faces ...