In the absence of a permanent speaker, there doesn’t appear to be an institutional push to evict McCarthy from the space. The Architect of the Capitol did not return requests for comment, and ...

The rules of the 118th Congress state that "in the case of a vacancy in the office of speaker, the next member" named on a list submitted by McCarthy to the clerk of the House in January will ...

Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., the former House majority leader, was also asked to leave his Capitol office space, his staff confirmed to NPR. NPR viewed the text of an email, which was reportedly sent ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz has asked the Architect of the Capitol for clarity on why Kevin McCarthy gets to work out of the House Speaker's Office despite not being elected to the position.

Washington — GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's office said the third round of voting for House speaker will take place Friday morning at 10 a.m., and two hours earlier, at 8 a.m., Jordan will be holding a ...

Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant.

Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican ...

Public records show the Missouri House spent $60,000 of taxpayer money renovating the speaker’s office, including $29,000 on new furniture. Dean Plocher converted an office into a liquor ...

In a March 19 speech on the House floor, Cannon said he had only two options left: resign or “declare a vacancy in the office of Speaker.” By offering the motion to oust himself, Cannon put ...

The speaker of the House is the most visible and authoritative spokesperson for the majority party in the House. But their role goes beyond politics to everything from accounting to procurement.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would give President Donald Trump space to try to fix the economy, despite frustration around tariffs growing among other Republicans.

Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, including Musk, could be speaker.