By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press Republicans have rejected congressman Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot. More voting is expected Tuesday as the staunch ally of Donald Trump works to shore up support…
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - House leader Kevin McCarthy is getting closer to victory in the grueling, hard-fought struggle to become speaker of the new Congress. On the fourth day of voting, 15 of…
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker is continuing. Kevin McCarthy is determined to win over enough fellow Republicans, but he failed again on Thursday. This is Day…
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - 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. They…
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is falling far short in voting to become House speaker. House Republicans fell into a tangle on the opening day of the new…
House Speaker Philip Gunn says he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Gunn said in a video posted to Facebook that he got tested because he had been in close proximity to another member of the House who tested positive.…
Governor Phil Bryant has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor former Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy. The Democrat from Prentiss County died Tuesday at age 77. McCoy served in the House from January 1980 to January 2012.…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Gov. Phil Bryant has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor former Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy. The Democrat from Prentiss County died Tuesday at age 77. McCoy served in the House from January…