WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Johnson won the House Republican nomination Wednesday to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ...

The California Republican incumbent's win marks a second time he has staved off his Democratic challenger in an increasingly ...

Nov. 8, 2022. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP, File) Follow AP’s coverage of the election and what happens next.

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold ...

Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who served two Republican presidents as one of the country's best known conservative lawyers and successfully argued on behalf of same-sex marriage, died ...

Republicans maintained a slim House of Representatives majority in 2025, the Associated Press projected, thanks in part to California GOP incumbents holding onto their seats in close elections. That ...