While the Constitution does not specify who must administer oaths, Chief Justice John Roberts is expected to swear in Donald ...

WASHINGTON – Southern California’s ongoing wildfires — which so far have killed 27 and burned down at least 10,000 homes — ...

In the four years Miller Girvin has worked at the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, she’s found that sometimes just showing off the state is the best strategy. Whether it’s luring ...

The GOP’s tiny majority in the House of Representatives could pose a challenge for Speaker Mike Johnson and test the influence of President-elect Trump.

Then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert swore in Vice President Dick Cheney in 2005. Thomas did the honors when Mike Pence was sworn in 2017 as vice president for Trump's first term. Trump Swearing-in ...

What is shaping up to be the most challenging year of Gov. JB Pritzker’s tenure began in Springfield with an inauspicious fight between the governor and a key leader in his own party, House ...

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, told the Daily Herald, of Arlington Heights, Illinois, that spending billions of dollars to rebuild New Orleans ...

It is not, however, unheard of in the past half century. Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) held the gavel for eight years, from 1999 until 2007. Johnson has served as Speaker since October ...

Bush. FILE — Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., lower left, objects to Florida’s electoral vote count results, as Vice President Al Gore, standing, top center, and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., ...

Johnson had to pass legislation that did not have support from a majority of the House Republican Conference, in violation of the Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Dennis Hastert.