With the election of Dustin Burrows to House Speaker, Democrats are hoping to hang on to a few committee chairs.

Rep. Nancy Mace took offense when Rep. Jasmine Crockett said "child, listen" in a response, sparking a contentious ...

The two talked over each other as House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., attempted to control the chaos as he ...

WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for a ...

He plans to hit the road again next year. Until then, Blount says his focus is using the gavel to add more transparency from council. “I wasn’t planning on being a musician, I was a football ...

When the gavel falls to launch the 89th Legislative session, Houston Democrat Ann Johnson is hoping colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, will heed polls indicating a majority of Texans believe the ...

The Cincinnati Bengals (8-8) will be attempting to extend a four-game winning streak against the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6). The Bengals are slim favorites (-2.5). The expected point total for the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) kept his gavel amid a threat from the right flank of the House GOP, but managing the House GOP is not going to get any easier from here. The dramatic Friday Speaker ...

Speaker Mike Johnson will lead his party through the new Congress, and while he won the gavel on the first ballot, it took some wrangling from President-Elect Trump to get at least two holdouts on ...

This week's topics include a judge ordering Donald Trump to be sentenced on Jan. 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson holding on to the gavel, the death of former President Jimmy Carter and more.

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