Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did not come without drama. Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Keith Self (R-Texas) had initially voted for candidates other...

Speaker-designate Mike Johnson won a majority of voting members in the House of Representatives.

Washington state Democrats appeared to have accidentally emailed their internal tax proposals and talking points to the full Evergreen State Senate, leading to outcry.

The U.S. Judicial Conference decided to not make criminals referrals to the Justice Department over separate ethics complaints against Justice Thomas violating ethics protocols.

James Carville slammed what the longtime Democratic strategist called “NPR language” that he said members of his party use as he evaluated why Vice President Harris lost the November election.  Carville said during an interview with The Hill’s “Rising” on Friday that while Harris did not use that language during the campaign, Democrats’ use of...

Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) will take the reins of the Congressional Equality Caucus, a coalition of House Democrats supportive of LGBTQ rights, in the 119th Congress, the group announced Friday. Takano will lead the caucus, founded in 2008 by then-Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.), through what is likely to be a tumultuous era for...

Jake Danaher Molloy attempted to join Hezbollah, which is designated by the US as a "terrorist organization."

President-elect Trump said he has been in touch with Republican holdouts ahead of Friday afternoon's Speaker vote, as uncertainty swirls about whether Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has enough support to be reelected leader, and how many rounds of voting that might take. The president-elect, in a phone interview with CNN, said he spoke to Rep....

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) criticized Elon Musk on Thursday over false claims he levied against a proposed year-end funding package last month, successfully torpedoing the bill and forcing Congress to scramble to reach a new deal to avert a government shutdown. "What he said was not true,” Bacon said in an interview on NewsNation. The...

A five-page, 26-point memo detailing “fails” under Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) leadership is circulating among House Republicans as the first ballot draws near. A copy of the document obtained by The Hill reads: “The House must be organized to deliver on the historic mandate granted to President Trump and Republicans. It currently is not –...