Hard-line conservatives have struck a tentative deal with House Republicans concerned about chaos in the chamber, agreeing to ...

The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power ...

James Michael Johnson is an American politician who was appointed the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives ... from Louisiana and the most junior representative to hold ...

The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.

As they edge toward a House majority, Republicans welcome President-elect Donald Trump, tap familiar faces to lead caucus.

La., is expected to easily win his party's nomination for speaker in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, with a final vote set for January on the House floor.

A state law makes threats of mass violence at school a felony, even if they’re not credible. Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.

Out go House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, and her second in command, Steny Hoyer, 83 - who were more or less in charge of the caucus for almost 20 years. Thirty years their junior ...

When House Republicans met there in March, Johnson was in his fifth month as speaker of the House ... there’s not an ounce of ...

She dealt with grisly murder cases and then became the state attorney general - the Democratic candidate's California career ...

On November 5, while the US votes, this tourism-dependent Pacific nation will also choose its leaders. Why does this election ...