U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson bans transgender individuals from using U.S. House bathrooms that correspond with their ...

Texas Rep. introduced a bill to classify abortion drugs as controlled substances, echoing Louisiana's law, spurring ...

Warnings have been popping up on social media urging women who might be considering divorce to “pull the trigger” while they ...

On one side of the Capitol, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace vowed to “stand in the way” of Democratic Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, ...

Letlow was elected by her colleagues in Region 8 that includes Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi to serve on the 33-member House Republican Steering Committee. Louisiana already occupies the top ...

A Louisiana judge has halted plans for state agencies to forcibly remove homeless encampments in New Orleans by Thanksgiving.

“A man is a man, and a woman is a woman, and a man cannot become a woman,” the Louisiana Republican told reporters Tuesday. But Johnson, a devout Christian, added: “But I also believe that ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson didn't bring down the temperature. Come Tuesday, the Republican from Louisiana had issued a statement to a gaggle of press, saying "a man is a man, and a woman is a ...

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise were reelected Wednesday by Republican members ... in the hands of the two Louisiana lawmakers. After the voting ...

In Louisiana, a law to place the Ten Commandments in all public classrooms was blocked by a federal judge earlier this month. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed the bill into law in June ...

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