Normally, photographers’ access in the House chamber is heavily restricted by the speaker’s office – but with no speaker, the photo team was able to take ... talking tensely with McCarthy after the ...

The election results were beyond what Republicans had even hoped for, including a majority in the Senate, where two races ...

The fourth time may be the charm for House Republicans who say their latest nominee for speaker, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana, likely has enough votes to win the gavel on the House floor on ...

The latest: Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected speaker Wednesday by the full House on a first vote. Follow live updates and see how each House member voted. Who is Mike Johnson? Here are five ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Kamala Harris on Saturday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for ...

Republicans narrowly won control of the House in November, so Mr McCarthy only had a few votes to spare in his bid to become Speaker ... and as evidence included a photo of the snack.

we will restore the ability for any 5 members of the majority party to initiate a vote to remove the Speaker if so warranted,” McCarthy wrote in a letter addressed to House Republicans over the ...

With California Republican Kevin McCarthy losing multiple votes Tuesday to become speaker of the House, a final outcome may not come until Wednesday – and may result in a new candidate, a veteran ...

On paper, at least, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La ... After dozens of his caucus' most conservative members sunk a procedural vote on Wednesday, Johnson found himself stuck on a "tightrope ...

Fresh US aid for Ukraine will be put to a vote separately to the question of new military assistance for Israel, House Speaker Mike Johnson says. Mr Johnson has stalled a House vote on a $96bn ...

But unlike the 218 votes needed to win the speaker’s gavel, a much lower threshold — just a simple majority of all House Republicans — is needed to win the minority leader post. That vote ...

And at the White House, Biden handed out medals to officers and others who fought the attackers. “America is a land of laws, not chaos,” he said. At the afternoon speaker's vote, a number of ...