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The report recommended that the allegations against Santos be referred to the Justice Department but stopped short of calling for Santos’s expulsion from the House or other discipline.

Departure narrows field for Trump alternative as race focuses on DeSantis, Haley

The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, but it featured a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden.

But the retirement announcement sounded more like the launch of a new campaign: the lawmaker said he's not done with public service and outlined his frustrations with the two major political parties. 

Rightwing Louisiana congressman and Trump ally is now one of the most powerful people in Washington

After 22 days and four House Republican speaker nominees, the Louisiana representative will be the new House speaker. In the 220-209 tally, all Democrats voted for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Republicans have picked Congressman Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The Republican nominees for Speaker of the US House have developed the political lifespan of mayflies.

In “Romney: A Reckoning,” we get an intimate view of a man trying to reconcile faith and politics

Republicans are back to square one. It's a game of congressional snakes and ladders, where every space on the board is a serpent.

The earliest the House could elect a new speaker is Tuesday.

epublican colleagues vote against Ohio congressman’s continued bid after his third failed attempt to corral support

The hard-line Republican from Ohio has run headlong into opposition from a bloc of mainstream G.O.P. holdouts.

Republican infighting over speakership has left the chamber effectively shut down for more than two weeks

It was not the day of triumph that Jim Jordan had hoped for.

Jordan says he plans another speaker vote later Tuesday