Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace Mitch McConnell.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, was renominated in an unofficial vote by his party Wednesday to lead ...

The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.

House Democrats voted Wednesday to tap Rep.-elect Ryan Fecteau as the next speaker. The 32-year-old from Biddeford served as speaker of the House from 2020-22 but could not seek reelection two years ...

Meanwhile, over in the House, Republicans unanimously voted to nominate Mike Johnson of Louisiana for re-election as speaker in January, with the endorsement of Trump. NBC News projected Wednesday ...

The South Dakota Republican failed in his first try for the Senate but came back to defeat a chamber leader. Now he will be ...

For the leading job, GOP lawmakers unanimously nominated Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to retain the gavel, sending his ...

Elise Stefanik, R-New York, who President-elect Donald Trump ... critic of Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning ...

Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., speaks to members of the media ahead of a campaign event with former President Trump at Madison ...