The new speaker’s power over the budget and committee assignments is expected to bolster established Republican leaders and ...

Lubbock Republican state Rep. Dustin Burrows clinched the Texas House speakership Tuesday with 85 votes in the 150-member ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is laying down a highly ambitious timeline to approve President-elect Donald Trump’s big-ticket ...

The Republican establishment wing of the Texas House won out as state Rep. Dustin Burrows grabbed the chamber’s speakership ...

House Speaker Dade Phelan had been seeking his third session in the leadership role but dropped out of the race on Dec. 6. He ...

The speaker election ends a multi-month fight within the Texas Republican Party that began last legislative session.

The Biden administration is notifying Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House announced, as part of a deal facilitated by the ...

From debating school vouchers and improving the state's water supply to reining in property taxes, the GOP-led body will look ...

Some Republicans want California to change its forest and water management policies in exchange for disaster money.

U.S. flags at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago are back at full height, despite protocol to honor Jimmy Carter through Jan. 28.

Here’s a rundown of how legislation moves through the Capitol, the ways lawmakers operate and who the power players are.