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The House speaker vote was a litmus test of President-elect Trump's ability to unify a fractious Republican Party.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who previously claimed that the 2016 presidential election was "illegitimate," told lawmakers that there are "no election deniers" in the Democratic Party.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon.

The House of Representatives voted along party lines to adopt a new set of rules for the 119th Congress.

Trump picked former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus to serve as deputy Mideast envoy Friday afternoon.

Democratic lawmakers reacted to Rep. Mike Johnson being re-elected as speaker of the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress on Friday.

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Republicans expressed happiness and relief to have elected Speaker Johnson so quickly on Friday, avoiding the lengthy process to elect Speaker McCarthy in the last Congress.

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Republican House Education Committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx suffered a fall on the grand staircases of the U.S. Capitol.