Yes, Republicans have a trifecta. Yes, Trump is president. But hardliners’ inability to take ‘yes’ for an answer means Democrats can act as the ‘governing majority,’ in a coalition with Mike Johnson, ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

The 119th Congress convenes for the first time today, with lawmakers and their families touching down in the nation’s capital ...

Here are five things worth watching as the new session of Congress begins: Republicans may have the majority in the House, ...

The majority party has repeatedly lost control of the House in the first midterm election after gaining across-the-board ...

Now Republicans again will be in control as the 119th Congress convenes today. U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Centre, ticked off ...

​ Rep. Victoria Spartz, one of a handful of House Republicans who could deny Speaker Mike Johnson the gavel in the new ...

The first GOP trifecta lasted two years, during which time the president signed a massive tax cut into law; failed by one vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would have increased the ranks ...

Jerry’s most enduring friendships were with colleagues Randy Rayburn, Dano Goosetree and Ernie Paquette (whom he knew through ...

Former firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz, who instigated the House GOP toppling of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, declared ...