Friday marks the start of the 119th United States Congress as new members are scheduled to be sworn in on Capitol Hill. As ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

Johnson's first-round defeat came at the hands of conservative Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas. The trio of GOP lawmakers voted for ...

The German and French foreign ministers are heading to Damascus to send what the German minister said is a clear signal that a “political new beginning” between Europe and Syria is possible.

President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to military recipients who displayed heroism and self-sacrifice in combat and the Medal of Valor to first responders who put their own lives at risk ...

Democratic strategist James Carville said Democrats would have easily won the 2024 presidential election if President Biden dropped out earlier. “Had President Biden gotten out, say May of 2023, I ...

The dynamics of the new House set the stage for today’s unpredictable vote. House Republicans are more united than they were in 2023—and have President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda to fight for—but ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to retain his gavel as lawmakers of the 119th Congress meet for the first time on Friday.

Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025. During his election campaign Trump made a number of dramatic promises, including pledges that he would "end ...

As Republicans hold just a four-seat advantage, a new Congress begins on Friday with more potential drama over who will lead ...

For Iran, decades of work and billions of dollars of nuclear equipment and research could be no more, writes David ...

Thousands of north Mississippi residents are subject to an unreliable power source. After hearing years of complaints about the Holly Springs Utility Department, lawmakers passed a bill that could ...