Wrangling procedural votes is a big part of the job for Speaker Mike Johnson, as thin margins give each holdout more political capital.

I know why House Speaker Mike Johnson never seems to be aware of what Donald Trump said - IN DEPTH: The speaker’s act is not ignorance; it’s a performance, Capitol Hill reporter Eric Garcia writes. He ...

By John RobisonReader Contributor The jewel thieves at the Louvre captured international attention for their brazenness in stealing some of France’s most treasured possessions. In terms of national ...

GUYANA saw the comical and the nasty in 2025. Let’s start with the obnoxious: Stabroek News (SN) columnist, Bertrand Ramcharran. This is one Guyanese I find ...

This growing polarization means that deliberation and negotiation, the core of the legislative process, has virtually ...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly gave her final State of the State address Tuesday night, and it found her in a valedictory mood.

The discharge petition is a way to force votes by sidestepping the speaker. For decades it was mostly forgotten, but has been brought back for bills on the Epstein files and to extend ACA subsidies.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has spent much of his two-week vacation in Florida golfing. But when he gets back to the White House, there's a military golf course that he's never ...

FILE - President Barack Obama, from right, Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich walk on the first green during a round of golf at Andrews Air Force ...