House speaker, Joanna McClinton and Republican Mike Johnson

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WASHINGTON -- This time was supposed to be different.
Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...
Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their ...
The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House ...
After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.
As leader of the House of Representatives, the speaker controls what bills make it to the floor, appoints members to ...
Democrats won 102 seats in November, a single-vote majority, but one of their members was absent from swearing-in day after suffering a health crisis.
Madigan and his co-defendant – longtime confidant Michael McClain – are on trial on racketeering and bribery charges​.