For GOP’s Mike Johnson, victory offers good news (and bad news)
He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new Congress. The bad news: He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new Congress.
Speaker Johnson swears in members of the House
La., takes his oath and swears in members of the House of Representatives to the next session of Congress.Jan. 3, 2025 ...
Johnson speaks after winning re-election as House speaker
La., delivered remarks on the House floor after winning re-election. He began by holding a moment of silence for the victims of the New Orleans vehicle attack and discussed what Congress would work to ...
Capehart: House speaker re-election is where the good news ends for Mike Johnson
La., being re-elected House speaker and how he faces an uphill battle from here.
Mike Johnson re-elected as House speaker on first ballot
The Louisiana Republican hoped and expected to prevail on the first ballot. Following a dramatic and highly unusual process, he succeeded.
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The app connecting the New Orleans attack and Vegas Cybertruck explosion
Vehicle-sharing applications have been garnering the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kinds of renters as crime scenes in New Orleans and Las Vegas illustrate.
McBride to become first openly trans member of Congress amid hostility from GOP colleagues
House Republicans responded to Sarah McBride’s election win by misgendering her and spreading anti-trans rhetoric. McBride has largely tried to steer clear of the attempts to politicize her identity.
Virgin Islands delegate protests at speaker vote: U.S. 'has a territory and a colonies problem'
Stacey Plaskett, a non-voting Democratic delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, stood after the first roll call vote to ask why delegates from the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Virgin ...
After New Orleans attack, many Republicans flub the blame game
Those looking for wisdom and constructive ideas in the wake of the deadly violence in New Orleans had reason to avoid ...
Trump’s reaction to the New Orleans attack went from bad to worse
The president-elect's initial response to the attack was cringeworthy — and then the Republican decided to double down on discredited misinformation.
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest political target matters
To hear the Republican congresswoman tell it, a prosecutor should be punished for prosecuting criminals, some of whom committed violent crimes.
Democrats nominate Hakeem Jeffries for House speaker
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D., Calif, chair of the Democratic caucus, delivered a speech on the House floor to nominate Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY., for election as House speaker.