Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed the House was back in business Wednesday after winning the gavel following three weeks of paralysis in the lower chamber without a speaker.

Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx told a reporter to "shut up" Tuesday night after the journalist asked then-Speaker nominee Rep. Mike Johnson about his involvement with the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

President Biden said Wednesday that he did not strong-arm Israel into delaying an expected ground invasion of Gaza to give more time for more hostages to be released and allow more aid into the Hamas-controlled territory.

A second U.S. Attorney has testified to Congress that the prosecutor overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation had full authority over filing charges, rebutting whistleblower claims that Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss didn't have the final say on the case against the president's son.

Rep. Mike Johnson is an unfamiliar name to most GOP senators, underscoring the turbulent and unexpected ascent on Wednesday by the Louisiana Republican to speaker of the House.

President Biden said Wednesday he isn't worried that newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to thwart his second term if he wins reelection in November of next year.