Dozens of new lawmakers were sworn in, and Mike Johnson retained his position as House speaker Friday as Congress convened.

The president said he was moving to protect national security in deciding the fate of the iconic Pennsylvania-based company, ...

Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has again assumed the position of Senate president pro tempore, putting him third in the presidential line of succession.

In an extraordinary turn, a judge Friday set President-elect Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case for Jan. 10 — ...

Divided Republicans in the House of Representatives failed to elect a speaker in the opening round of voting Friday by blocking the return of Mike Johnson.

A new poll finds that Republican voters are more confident in the accuracy of U.S. elections now that Donald Trump has won.

Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a ...

Johnson has publicly expressed confidence that he will retain the speaker's gavel, but spent the final day before the vote on Capitol Hill meeting with Republican holdouts.

Governor DeWine has not said publicly who's on his shortlist for the Senate seat or the timeline for his decision.

Two Republicans who initially voted against Johnson changed their votes to support him, preventing a days-long speaker battle.