After Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Steve Scalise, R-La., dropped their bids for the House speaker’s gavel, eight candidates are now vying for the position. Republicans held a candidate forum Monday ...

The eight Republicans running for House speaker will make their pitch before a party candidate forum Monday evening. GOP lawmakers are slated to select their nominee for speaker Tuesday morning.

The House of Representatives struck down a stopgap bill backed by Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday, with over a dozen ...

“I feel good, but it’s up to the members — it’s in their hands now,” said Donalds after a candidate forum late Monday evening. The House has been in turmoil, without a speaker since the ...

And if the speaker cannot beat a deadline of October 1 to ... “We have to support the continuity of government,” Molinaro ...

Only two of the eight Republican Speaker candidates chose to do so. Mr Johnson, 51, is a lawyer and former talk radio host who has served on the House since 2016. He is also the former chairman of ...

Multiple House Republicans have been working behind the scenes to convince Speaker Mike Johnson to hold a vote on legislation ...

First-time candidate Kamela T. Smith upset Speaker of the House Valerie Longhurst on Tuesday in a Democratic primary race for ...

Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee became the fifth person to enter the race for Texas House Speaker when he announced his ...

Tensions are running high again within the House GOP as Speaker Mike Johnson pushes ahead with a vote on his government ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson says he'll likely pursue a plan B after the House rejected a bill to temporarily fund the ...

After Attorney General Ken Paxton’s failed impeachment trial, his allies touted Smithee, one of the House’s most senior ...