Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Friday, narrowly winning a showdown with his party's right-flank after a last-minute assist from President-elect Donald Trump.Johnson was handed the gavel after a...
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In his maiden floor speech as Senate majority leader, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota used his first few minutes of floor time to make a commitment to defend the filibuster rule, which requires at least 60 votes to pass...
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin.Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who...
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Friday is voting on electing a speaker for the new Congress.Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin...
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will make history Friday when they are sworn in to the 119th Congress, marking several firsts in the House of Representatives.Sarah McBride will be the first...
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Friday votes to elect a speaker for the new Congress.Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy,...
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Friday votes to elect a speaker for the new Congress.Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy,...
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following reports of alleged impropriety by Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense, the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee have quietly made a request...
Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. Via U.S. Army.(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday is set to award the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for heroism during the Korean War and Vietnam War.The Medal of Honor is...
(Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Sixty years after Black Americans gained the right to vote in the United States through the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Sen. Tim Scott on Friday makes history, becoming the longest-serving African American in the...
US House Speaker Mike Johnson (Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson met Thursday with Republican holdouts to his bid to retain the gavel in the new Congress, one day before the House convenes and votes for a speaker,...
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)(WASHINGTON) -- Just weeks before he leaves office, President Joe Biden awarded 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal, including the key players in the House Jan. 6 committee.Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and...
Ida Mae Astute/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President-elect Donald Trump said this week he plans to attend former President Jimmy Carter's funeral following a history of mutual criticism.Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, will be honored with a state funeral at...
Richard Newstead/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Commerce Department on Thursday announced its intent to explore proposing a rule to secure the technology and supply chain of drones from foreign adversaries, including the potential ability of China and Russia to...
Richard Newstead/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Commerce Department on Thursday proposed a rule to secure the technology and supply chain of drones from foreign adversaries, including the potential ability of China and Russia to remotely access and manipulate the...
(Official White House Photo by Erin Scott)(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden plans on Thursday to announce 20 recipients of the Presidential Citizens Medal.According to the White House press release, this award is given out to Americans who "have performed exemplary...
Matthew Hinton via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said on Wednesday there is "no justification" for what he called the "horrific" attack early on New Year's Day in New Orleans , noting that the FBI was investigating it as an act of terrorism."I have...
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(PALM BEACH, FL) -- House Speaker Mike Johnson is spending New Year's Day with President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a showdown vote later this week to keep his leadership post.Johnson told Louisiana-based radio station News Radio 710 KEEL that...
Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- On the eve of a new year and a second Trump presidency, Chief Justice John Roberts issued a stark warning to the incoming administration, members of Congress and the public about threats to the nation's independent...
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Chip Roy said Tuesday that he doesn’t think House Speaker Mike Johnson has the necessary votes to remain speaker in Friday's leadership election."Right now, I don't believe that he has the votes on...
