Two Florida House Representatives, Hillary Cassel and Susan Valdés, recently announced they were leaving the Democratic Party ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — New Senate Majority Leader John Thune is kicking off the new session with a promise to preserve the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.

Most of the U.S. holds its major primary and general elections in even-numbered years, but there are a handful of places ...

U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.), joined by 56 Republican cosponsors, reintroduced the Protection of Women and Girls ...

Nancy Mace got Trump on the phone to persuade holdout Republicans to support Mike Johnson’s speakership, according to The ...

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike Johnson has narrowly been reelected to his post.

A new rule Congress is set to vote on as soon as a speaker is elected would raise the threshold for a motion to vacate. If ...

On Friday, the new Congress — the 119th — officially began its duties. Once Donald Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, ...

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in ...