Republican Mike Johnson was returned as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Friday with the crucial backing of incoming president Donald Trump, ending a bitter standoff that threatened to ...

Social media users trashed Vice President Kamala Harris after she appeared to get the words to the Pledge of Allegiance wrong during the opening of the 119th Congress.

A Manhattan jury in May found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels.

Johnson won the vote for speaker 218-215, holding onto the job he was first elected to in October 2023 after former Speaker ...