Only a few years ago, smart speakers seemed like little more than quaint novelties with a sci-fi twist—The Clapper meets HAL 9000 from “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Now more than 40 percent of households ...

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who is running for speaker, is flanked in 2019 by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), who also seeks the speakership, and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), who was ...

A quiet fight over the rules highlights the depth of G.O.P. divisions. It could set the stage for a bruising election to choose a successor to the party’s ousted speaker. By Annie Karni Reporting from ...

WASHINGTON — John A. Boehner lasted five years as House speaker before he ran out of patience with his party’s hard-line Freedom Caucus. “Legislative terrorists,” the Ohio Republican called its ...