Democratic ex-House speaker says outgoing GOP Senate leader knew what had happened on day of Capitol attackNancy Pelosi has criticised Mitch McConnell, the outgoing Senate minority leader, for failing to hold Donald Trump accountable for inspiring the violent January 6 mob to attack the US Capitol in a bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election.Pelosi, the former speaker...

House Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to pull the six-month stopgap continuing appropriations bill due to lack of votes, raising questions about a possible putsch by Republicans to remove him from office.

House Speaker Mike Johnsons (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday. Fourteen members of Johnsons own party voted alongside most Democrats against the Louisiana Republicans spending plan, which joined a six-month stopgap bill with a measure aiming to require proof of citizenship...

Shortly before Wednesday’s failed vote on the government spending stopgap, House Speaker Mike Johnson told senior Republicans in a private meeting that he had a Plan B but wouldn’t […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesHouse Speaker Mike Johnsons spending bill was rejected by Congress on Wednesday after 14 Republicans joined Democrats in voting against the stopgap measures...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suffered a blow on Wednesday night, as his short-term

Former President Donald Trump renewed his demand for Republicans to shut down the government if they can't pass House Speaker Mike Johnson's temporary funding bill that includes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act.

House speaker Mike Johnson says chamber will move forward with vote despite Republicans vocal oppositionThe US House will vote Wednesday on a government funding bill that appears doomed to fail, with less than two weeks left to prevent a partial shutdown starting 1 October.The Republican House speaker,

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is hours away from a House vote on his six-month funding bill, less than two weeks away from a partial government shutdown.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is confident about a vote on his proposal to avoid a government shutdown. The Senate will likely block the plan if it passes in the House of Representatives. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane explains why.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday will forge ahead with a vote on his government funding plan despite it being expected to fail.

Requiring new voters to provide proof of citizenship has become a leading election-year priority for Republicans raising the specter of noncitizens voting in the U.S., even though it's already illegal to do so and research has shown that such voting is rare.

* WTTW…Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch said he couldnt miss the opportunity to see what this diamond looked like, when the White Sox and developer Related Midwest invited lawmakers Monday night to visit a temporary baseball field on the site of what they hope will be the new Sox stadium.All-star athletes including Bo Jackson, [...]

* WTTW…Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch said he couldnt miss the opportunity to see what this diamond looked like, when the White Sox and developer Related Midwest invited lawmakers Monday night to visit a temporary baseball field on the site of what they hope will be the new Sox stadium.All-star athletes including Bo Jackson, [...]

House Speaker Mike Johnson is going full speed ahead with his likely doomed government funding patch and is blaming the Democrat-led Senate for its necessity.