“Houses, vehicles, food,” another commenter added. “Everything is made worse and cost more now a days.” “What a perfect metaphor for America,” user Jessica_Dread said. “Everything is ...

The House has adjourned for the third day without electing a new speaker after ... As the fight for the gavel drags on, it has now become the longest speaker contest in 164 years.

Kevin McCarthy is now officially speaker of the House. The California Republican ... McCarthy had been in tense negotiations for days with a small but critical group of far-right conservative ...

a flip for Democrats in the last race that had remained undecided one month after Election Day. Republicans will ultimately take control of the House by a margin of 220 to 215 — meaning ...