Speaker of the House

Exhausted members of the U.S. House of Representatives took their seats a little after 1 a.m. on Jan. 7 to watch the maiden address of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (D-Calif.), who ...

It took 15 votes beginning on Jan. 3, but Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) finally gained enough votes on ...

Republican lawmakers have been negotiating to end a stalemate and bring enough votes in for Rep. Kevin McCarthy ...

Rep. Kevin McCarthy was within two or three votes of winning the marathon race to become Speaker of ...

A deluge of storms is dumping serious amounts of rain across notoriously dry California. Even so, the recent ...

Commentary After Republicans clinched their narrower-than-expected new House majority in November’s midterm elections, the only relevant questions for ...

A number of the 20 populist conservative dissidents who have hung tough all week against Rep. Kevin McCarthy's ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) isn’t worried about House Democrats teaming up with other members of his party to ...

When Rep.-elect John James (R-Mich.) rose Thursday to nominate Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to be the next Speaker ...

WASHINGTON—Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) lost an 11th straight vote late Thursday in his bid to become the new ...

The U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes at 12 p.m. on Jan. 5 to try to elect a leader after ...

WASHINGTON—Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed “good progress” late tonight in his long-running, often fractious negotiations with dissident populist ...

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) during a Jan. 3 television appearance suggested the possibility of a "coalition government" between Rep.-elect ...

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives meets to try to elect a speaker of the House at 8 ...

President Joe Biden criticized House Republicans on Jan. 4, describing their internal conflicts over who should assume the ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in a major reversal, has decided to support restoring a rule that ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy makes a surprise White House visit. What does President Joe Biden announce as some ...

More than two months past due, lawmakers announce an agreement on a government funding bill for 2023. Republicans ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that Republicans opposing his bid for the speakership could lead to ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's announcement that he'll kick three far-left Democrats off committees if he's elected speaker ...

House Republicans on Nov. 15 nominated House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House. The vote ...

Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy could face challenges to his bid in becoming speaker of the House. A ...

Commentary There are several big facts about the 2022 election outcomes that have been obscured by the way ...

Former President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has no interest in becoming the next Speaker of ...

A federal government lawsuit against the Speaker of the House to prevent the disclosure of sensitive documents has ...

Closely guarded talks are taking place seeking a coalition in the 117th Congress to oust Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could face a challenger but will likely keep the Speaker’s gavel when leaders for ...