"Today I rise on behalf of the governing majority of the House of Representatives," Aguilar said in his speech, a nod to Democrats helping Republicans pass funding bills and avoid shutdowns in the previous Congress. House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain rose to give the nominating speech for Johnson after the quorum call.

The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.

Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) believes Tuesday’s vote on the Laken Riley Act will be a key test of Democrats’ policy priorities after a resounding number of voters noted the border crisis was their No.

The Atlanta Democrat is facing pressure to step down as chair of the state party after President-elect Donald Trump won Georgia in November.

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House passed its first bill of the new Congress on Tuesday — a strict border measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school ... It’s overdue,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters before the ...

The former lieutenant governor angered many in the Georgia GOP for his criticism of President-elect Donald Trump.

Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal alien that President Biden and the Democrats let into this country with their open border policy," House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement after the vote.

WASHINGTON >> U.S. leaders on Tuesday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter — who had the longest and most admired post-presidency in history — as he laid in state at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday ahead of his funeral on Thursday.

The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday to require federal immigration authorities to detain illegal migrants who commit theft-related

Former US president Carter will lie in state at the US Capitol ahead of a Jan 9 funeral. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrives in Washington on Tuesday for three days of mourning beginning with him lying in state at the U.S. Capitol before a funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday.