Paul Ryan has been elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Hesitant to run at first, the…
Paul Ryan has said he will run for House Speaker if Republicans in the chamber unite behind his candidacy. The…
John Boehner will resign from his position as speaker of the House and give up his seat at the end…
Pope Francis has made a historic address to US Congress, where he received a warm welcome from more than 500…
House Speaker John Boehner plans to visit Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel next month. Republicans have been highly critical…
John Boehner has survived a House rebellion by winning a third term as House speaker after Republicans took control of…
President Barack Obama was joined by the House and Senate leaders in holding cross-party talks aimed at ending political gridlock…
House Speaker John Boehner has confirmed he will file a lawsuit against the Obama administration for its use of executive…
Florida Republican congressman Trey Radel who was convicted on cocaine possession charges, will resign from Congress on Monday. Trey Radel's…
Democrats have rejected a proposal from House of Representatives Republicans to extend the debt limit and reopen the federal government.…
Republicans in the House of Representatives have met President Barack Obama amid renewed efforts to avert a looming debt crisis.…
President Barack Obama has announced he is willing to hold budget talks with Republicans, but not until they agree to…
President Barack Obama’s plans for a military strike on Syria have won backing from key US political figures. Barack Obama…
US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has warned that the government will reach its debt limit by mid-October unless Congress acts…
The US Senate has passed a broad immigration reform bill that includes a path to citizenship for an estimated 11…
Lindsay Marie Boehner, the daughter of House Speaker John Boehner, has tied the knot with her Jamaican-born love Dominic Lakhan…
Dominic Lakhan, the Jamaican-born fiancé of House Speaker John Boehner's daughter, Lindsay Marie, pictured just weeks before their upcoming nuptials…
America is "not a deadbeat nation", President Barack Obama has said, as he warned Republicans unconditionally to approve a rise…
Republicans have cancelled a tax vote in the US Congress, less than two weeks before a deadline for budget reform.…
Republicans in the US House of Representatives are blocking a bill that would prevent a tax increase on the first…
Timothy Geithner, the US treasury Secretary, has said there will be no deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" unless Republicans…
Top US Republican John Boehner has called in Congress for action against a White House contraception rule that has angered…