Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump is “having to be” both Speaker and president.

In a matter of months, the subject became a highly charged debate that crossed party lines and united a younger generation of lawmakers.

As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) turned to what he knows best: prayer. At the end of an hours-long, late-night meeting that ...

That could be tricky, unless Johnson is able to sell major cuts ... the caucus together this far has outshone his predecessor Kevin McCarthy’s and impressed many who could barely remember ...

But after more than an hour of negotiations and delays on and off the House floor, Johnson pushed it to the next morning. Congressional leaders struggled on Wednesday and into Thursday to win over ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework Thursday, a political turnaround after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into the night to satisfy GOP holdouts who had ...

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the chamber would ... “It’s a temporary problem,” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said. “It’s everything they wanted, plus more.” ...

Andy Ogles personally warned Speaker Mike Johnson not to go ahead Wednesday ... which is where the rubber meets the road,” said Rep. Kevin Hern, who leads the House GOP policy committee.

House Republican leaders scrapped plans to vote on the Senate’s budget blueprint Wednesday in a setback to President Trump’s legislative agenda — a day after the commander in chief urged ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is seen arriving at the U.S. Capitol on April 8 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) House Speaker Mike Johnson is seen arriving at the U.S. Capitol ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After abruptly halting votes, House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to try again Thursday to approve a Republican budget framework, having worked into the night to satisfy GOP ...