John Leganski, who served as the deputy chief of staff for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), spoke about his upcoming book, Glory, Grief, and the Gavel: An Inside Guide to Running for Speaker of the House, and how the election for Speaker of the House was the “most fascinating” in American politics.
Representative-elect Clay Fuller’s (R-GA) arrival in Washington will give Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) another reliable vote, but the new margins will not give Republicans the breathing room they would like.
A legislative dispute between Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership Elise Stefanik and Speaker Mike Johnson over a provision requiring congressional disclosure of FBI counterintelligence investigations into federal candidates ended in a reversal by Johnson after days of public criticism and intraparty pressure.
House Speaker Mike Johnson will lead a memorial vigil Monday evening in the U.S. Capitol to honor the life and legacy of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated on September 10, 2025.
The survey also shows a shift in Republican-voter approval of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) between November and December.
In an interview with Politico, Johnson pointed to Donald Trump’s official abortion position, which Trump revealed in April.
Former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will deliver a joint address in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday, April 12.
Newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments on Ukraine funding on his first full day in office have some conservatives, like Sen. J.D. Vance, expressing concerns.
Donald Trump strongly suggested that Republicans go with “the leading candidate, Mike Johnson, & GET IT DONE, FAST!”
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is the latest Republican Speaker nominee, winning only hours after Rep. Mike Emmer (R-MN) won the nomination and later withdrew in the face of deepening opposition.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) continues to defy the predictions of the mainstream media and establishment Republicans by holding the overwhelming support of the Republican base and the clear majority of House Republicans in his bid for the Speaker’s gavel.
A handful of establishment Republicans blocked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) from locking down the speakership on Tuesday, so Jordan and the vast majority of House Republicans are set to try again on Wednesday.
Well over twenty House Republicans from across the ideological spectrum are against Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and will not vote for him on the floor, a source with knowledge told Breitbart News.
The political establishment’s hope of tying additional Ukraine aid to an aid package for Israel appears to be declining, though all options remain possible.
The Hamas terror group’s brutal attack on Israel could shake up the race for Speaker of the House as some Republicans press for the immediate installation of a leader to address the growing international crisis.
Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will not seek to regain the Speaker’s gavel, he announced Tuesday night hours after losing a motion to vacate the chair.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Breitbart News that it is time to “embed some military” on the U.S. border with Mexico to fight the Mexican drug cartels.
Former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., told Breitbart News exclusively that a podcast venture he is launching later this month with Rumble is part of a broader initiative he is undertaking to try to build up what he calls a “parallel economy” of companies and platforms that do not silence conservatives.
House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) made significant gains overnight in the ongoing speaker race, flipping 14 of the 21 Republican holdouts in the 12th round of voting.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) vowed to keep fighting for the House speaker title as the Freedom Caucus holdouts continue to stonewall him.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC), one of 20 House Republicans who voted against Rep. Kevin McCarthy for Speaker expects a written offer between McCarthy and his opponents to be completed Thursday night, Punchbowl News reported.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Thursday vowed to remain in the speakership race despite failing to secure enough support during multiple rounds of voting.
More than a dozen combat veterans made an appeal Wednesday for their colleagues in Congress to elect House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker, raising the point that the position’s vacancy means national security work is on hold.
The conservative and influential Club for Growth announced it cut a deal with the super PAC affiliated with House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), signaling possible movement in the House speaker race after a stalemate had resulted in no speaker through six rounds of voting as of Wednesday afternoon.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dispatched lawmakers Tuesday evening to negotiate with the 20 conservative holdouts preventing McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House.
A small faction of Republicans continuously rejected House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) bid for speaker on Tuesday, leaving the House’s top position vacant at the end of the first day of the new Congress.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said Monday he supports bringing Republican House business to a halt until as late as March next year if it means electing someone besides House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to be speaker.
Playing “silly games” can lead to “someone like a Liz Cheney taking the gavel,” warned Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, who called on
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said Monday on Newsmax TV’s “Spicer & Co.” that if Republican members “play games,” the Democrats may end up picking the next House speaker.
While the Republican Party will vote on a nominee for House Speaker on Tuesday for the projected GOP-led Congress next year, some establishment Republicans are considering working with House Democrats to select a Speaker.
AT&T Illinois will pay a $23 million fine for attempting to illegally influence former state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D), who has been accused of participating in bribery schemes.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is reportedly campaigning among Democrats to become House leader after pushing the debunked Russia hoax for years.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appears to be taking steps towards his widely-reported ambition to replace Pelosi as House speaker when she retires.
The country’s longest-serving house speaker, Illinois Democrat Michael Madigan, has suspended his hunt for another term as the state’s leader
A severely weakened House Speaker Nancy Pelosi won re-election on Sunday with only 216 votes, less than a majority of 218 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is refusing to denounce socialism in her party as the left-wing ideology continues to uproot the Democrat Party and as she works to get enough support for yet another term as House Speaker.
Nearly half of voters believe it was a wrong move by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to hold hostage the two partisan articles of impeachment approved solely by House Democrats, a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday shows.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), during her weekly press conference Thursday, said she is not holding back the two articles of impeachment approved against Donald Trump last month “indefinitely.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has joined forces with 12 other Republicans to co-sponsor a resolution introduced Monday by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) to dismiss the articles of impeachment approved by House Democrats last month.
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan leaves Congress with one of the lowest favorability ratings a Speaker has ever had, bottoming out at a negligible 12 percent in a final poll from Civiqs.
