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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R–S.D.) said Wednesday House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) will need to take responsibility for handling the escalating Jeffrey Epstein controversy that has effectively halted House activity until the fall.

Speaker Mike Johnson is declining to accelerate the Epstein investigation, allowing the White House to act first.

In a dramatic turn of events on Capitol Hill, House Speaker Mike Johnson has opted to adjourn the U.S. House of Representatives early for its August recess, cutting short this week’s legislative session amid escalating tensions over the release of files connected to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

House leaders are already talking about another herculean legislative effort — but some of their Senate counterparts are skeptical.

The Justice Department's alleged lack of transparency in its Epstein memo has sparked frustration among many Trump supporters.

Tech mogul Elon Musk changed his cellphone number and stopped returning Mike Johnson’s texts after throwing a titanic fit about the costs included in Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending bill, the House speaker revealed on the latest episode of “Pod Force One,” out Wednesday.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson claims billionaire and CEO Elon Musk changed his phone number after his public falling-out with President Donald Trump. Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, told The New York Post he discovered the change while trying to text Musk amid the “Big,

House Republicans cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday night to unlock consideration of a trio of cryptocurrency bills, unfreezing the floor after a two-day saga. The chamber adopted a rule