Mike Johnson appeared to initially fall short of the majority he needed to retain his job in a roll-call vote that lasted ...

Two-term Rep. Keith Self is a member of the House Freedom Caucus and initially voted against Mike Johnson for speaker of the House.

The 91-year-old was sworn in Friday as president pro temp for the 119th Congress, making him third in the presidential line ...

Republicans control the chamber by a razor-thin 219-215 majority. The vote was an early test of the party's ability to hang together as it advances Trump's agenda of tax cuts and border enforcement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) won his second election to lead the chamber on Friday. And he did so with a little drama — but less than some people were anticipating. With Johnson being able ...

But the handful of conservative dissidents still had no realistic path to the speakership themselves. They had no viable ...