House of Representatives

Kevin McCarthy makes big gains for speaker, but still short as House adjourns till evening

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

House leader Kevin McCarthy is getting closer to victory in the grueling, hard-fought struggle to become speaker of the new Congress.

WATCH: House of Representatives holds moment of silence on 2nd anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack

By News Desk

The House of Representatives held a moment of silence Friday for the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

WATCH: Kevin McCarthy elected House speaker on 4th chaotic day

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern.

WATCH: House meets for 3rd day of speaker vote after McCarthy fails to win more Republican support

By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker is continuing for a long, excruciating third day of voting with no end in sight.

House adjourns for 2nd day without a speaker after McCarthy fails to win enough Republican support

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

House Republicans plowed through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker.

WATCH: House adjourns on the 2nd day of voting after McCarthy falls short of majority

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press

House Republicans plowed through the second day of the new Congress, with no clear off-ramp from their political chaos over electing leader Kevin McCarthy as the new speaker.

Democratic women lawmakers who broke through in 2018 now step into leadership roles

By Grace Panetta, Mel Leonor Barclay, The 19th

A number of Democratic women from the House class of 2018 are poised to exert more influence than ever before on the future of their party.

Kevin McCarthy falls short in 1st vote for House speaker

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy appeared headed toward a historic defeat in first-round voting Tuesday to become House speaker, sending the new Congress into a tangle as conservative colleagues opposed his leadership.

WATCH: House adjourns without electing a speaker

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

Unable to elect Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as the new House speaker Tuesday, the Republicans adjourned for the day in disarray as the party tries to regroup from his historic defeat after a long, messy start for the new Congress.

WATCH: House committee to release report on Trump’s tax returns

By Josh Boak, Meg Kinnard, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee has voted along party lines to publicly release a report on Donald Trump's tax returns, which the former president has long tried to shield.