Majority Whip Tom Emmer led in the first round of ballots when Republicans met behind closed doors in the House basement Tuesday to elect a new nominee for speaker.

Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, entered a guilty plea Tuesday in the sprawling Georgia case against the ex-president and his allies.

Republicans met behind closed doors in the House basement Tuesday to elect a new nominee for speaker among seven lawmakers running for the position.

Rep. Ritchie Torres has called out fellow Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar for saying he was "happy" that Palestinians are being killed.

Jenna Ellis, an attorney and prominent conservative media figure, reached a deal with prosecutors Tuesday and pleaded guilty to reduced charges over efforts to overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia.

While House Republicans argue over electing a new speaker, their razor-thin majority is slipping away in courtrooms as redistricting lawsuits in a half-dozen states threaten to make it easier for Democrats to win back control in 2024.

Former President Donald Trump seemed to mix up the leaders of Hungary and Turkey in a speech in New Hampshire on Monday.

Lawyers for Donald Trump are raising new challenges to the federal election subversion case against him, telling a judge that the indictment should be dismissed because it violates the former president's free speech rights and represents a vindictive prosecution.

Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans are meeting privately Tuesday to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting a broken, bitter GOP majority and returning to the work of governing in Congress.