House Speaker nominee Mike Johnson, in a last-minute attempt to return to the job, released a list of commitments he has made to help spur "a return to fiscal sanity," including creating a working group of independent experts.

The U.S. Senate convened Friday under GOP control after Vice President Kamala Harris swore in senators who won their races in November.

The new Congress has opened with one major task at hand - the election of the House speaker.

A small group of House Republicans on Friday blocked House Speaker nominee Mike Johnson's first attempt at winning his job back on the first day of the 119th Congress.

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was reelected as speaker of the House on Friday during the first round of voting, but not without some objections from some House Republicans. Three Republicans initially voted against Johnson as House speaker for the 119th Congress. One of the votes against the Louisiana congressman, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), […]

BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — The fate of the Edgar Thomson Works, a massive steel plant that has hugged the same spot along the Monongahela River since 1875, became even more uncertain Friday morning when President Joe Biden announced he would block the sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel as one of his last acts as […]

In a parting gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Joe Biden appears set to restrict offshore oil and gas development further. It’s a boon to Putin. The Russian leader hopes to undermine the Western alliance structure and associated support for Ukraine by relying on the frustration of European populations at their soaring energy prices. […]

In Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch-22, Capt. John Yossarian, a World War II airman stationed near Rome, gets frustrated over the practice of the military police who cite a rule called Catch-22 whenever they want to arrest someone. “Did they show it to you?” he shouts at an elderly Italian woman who witnessed the police take […]