U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries may be poised to become the first Black Speaker of the House — if Democrats are successful in ...

Pollution from fossil fuels has hit an all-time high despite the urgent need to tackle the human-caused climate crisis. A new ...

8:10 p.m. Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport swept to an easy reelection victory in the 4th Congressional District Tuesday night. If the GOP retains its slim majority in the ...

Police said they are investigating after a 22-year-old man ... speaker and then left Congress, had made inroads in his home state. Democrats under New York’s Hakeem Jeffries, the party's House ...

High-profile lawmakers including House Speaker ... Ted Cruz won new terms. Tuesday's election has also made history. Sarah McBride will be the first openly transgender member of Congress after ...

And he praised House Speaker Mike Johnson ... Several states will send history-makers to the new Congress. Voters elected two Black women to the Senate, Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware ...

And yet, Hakeem Jeffries, in line to make history as the first Black speaker of the ... he would stand for election as speaker by the whole House, when the new Congress convenes in January.

who was ousted as speaker and then left Congress, had made inroads in his home state. Democrats under New York’s Hakeem Jeffries, the party's House leader, are now trying to win them back.