Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Tuesday won the party’s nomination to become the next House speaker, but the real test will be in January when the new members take office and hold the deciding ...

Last week movers carried boxes marked “KOM personal” out of the multi-floor office complex, but 17 days after his humiliating ouster, Kevin Owen McCarthy hasn’t personally moved out himself.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had to bring in the big gun last week -- President Trump -- to pressure House Republican holdouts into passing one of the largest tax cuts in US history.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded thanks to ...

Washington — GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's office said the third round of voting for House speaker will take place Friday morning at 10 a.m., and two hours earlier, at 8 a.m., Jordan will be holding a ...

In a March 19 speech on the House floor, Cannon said he had only two options left: resign or “declare a vacancy in the office of Speaker.” By offering the motion to oust himself, Cannon put ...

Now, when the speaker is elected, he or she hands the House clerk a secret list of names to temporarily replace them if they have to leave office for whatever reason. (McHenry was apparently top ...

WASHINGTON – Despite the House being frozen without a speaker, Congress is in for a hectic week as Republicans scramble to find a new leader after the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is entering uncharted territory after a far-right effort to remove fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy from the speakership succeeded thanks to ...

Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, including Musk, could be speaker.