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Rep. Mike Johnson elected speaker of the House
After weeks of votes and candidates, the congressman from Louisiana secured 220 votes, enough to win him the Speaker of the House post.
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Tom Emmer drops out hours after receiving nomination for House speaker
The House of Representatives has been without a speaker for 20 days.
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Jim Jordan fails to get House speaker vote in second ballot
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, did not get the 217 House votes needed to win House speaker, securing fewer votes than he did on the first ballot.
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Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker
Former President Donald Trump is officially backing Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.