A New York judge set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing date in his hush money case for Jan. 10, but signaled there ...

In past years, Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. None received the majority of the vote. And generally, ...

Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year's Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

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

Trump-backed Mike Johnson remains House speaker after Republican holdouts flip votes at last minute - Johnson held onto the ...

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in ...

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

Elissa Slotkin is neither a congressman nor a senator-elect any longer, having been sworn in as Michigan's newest U.S. senator Friday afternoon with the installation of the 119th Congress. Across the ...

WASHINGTON - Mike Johnson gained enough votes on Friday to maintain his role as House speaker.

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The president-elect may be hell-bent on reversing his predecessor’s policies. But some of Biden’s biggest wins on everything ...