Speaker Mike Johnson’s rocky path to re-election on Friday signaled trouble ahead for President-elect Donald J. Trump ... United States is already the world’s biggest producer of crude oil as well as the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas. House ...

Texas GOP Representative-elect Shelley Luther wrote on X: "Today, the RINO (anti-MAGA) Establishment laughed in the faces of our Republican grassroots. They chose Democrat chairs and Lobbyist buddies over their voters. I look forward to seeing if they're still laughing after the next round of primaries. The fight starts today."

As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of the state’s limited water supply to farmers, “we won’t give him money to put out all his fires. And if we don’t give him the money to put out his fires, he’s got problems.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Donald Trump and the Texas attorney general have forged a friendship over the years, one that has been cemented in their shared political and legal struggles and their willingness to come to each other’s aid at times of upheaval.

The lower chamber quickly voted to make it harder to oust the speaker moving forward. Yet, Johnson still faces an uphill battle.

Miriam Adelson of the Dallas Mavericks and Sands and TIlman Fertitta of the Houston Rockets and the Golden Nugget want to bring online betting and casinos to Texas. | Opinion

The new US Congress was thrown into chaos on its first day Friday as rebel right-wing Republicans defied incoming president Donald Trump ... returning as speaker of the House of Representatives.

Representative Mike Johnson has been sworn in as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives once again after a dramatic re-election vote. The move has effectively paved the way for a Republican-controlled congress to legislate under the incoming Donald Trump presidency.

The race pitted state Reps. David Cook and Dustin Burrows against each other. Here’s how each representative voted.

The new proposal comes as he calls for a special legislative session to deal with undocumented immigration in the state.