BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy has emerged as a central figure in the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s opinions about vaccine safety, both past and present, appeared likely to lead at least a few Senate ...

one of many incensed Democrats. “You don’t condition it. We didn’t do that for Louisiana; we didn’t do that for Florida. I’m hoping that that was just a dumb thing that [Johnson] said ...

"They've got a lot of revenue; they just misspend it all the time." House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, told reporters Monday he wants to see conditions tied to federal ...

The Louisiana Republican senator is facing a challenge ... linking climate with the GOP’s desire to hobble China and give domestic manufacturing sectors a leg up. He rolled out a new version ...

Whether these issues are enough to defeat Kennedy remains to be seen. Louisiana GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor and the chairman of one of the committees that will hold Kennedy’s confirmation ...

GOP Senate Majority Leader John Thune had previously ... on Friday that Trump’s endorsement was “a big factor” in the Louisiana Republican winning his bid to retain the speaker’s gavel.

President-elect Donald Trump successfully persuaded two critical GOP lawmakers to support Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson as House Speaker. This intervention highlighted Trump's continued ...

But on the first ballot Friday, just three Republicans voted for someone other than the Louisiana Republican — far fewer than the swell of GOP lawmakers who were withholding support in the final ...

Ultimately, the Louisiana Republican won along party lines during the first round of voting, a stark contrast to his predecessor Kevin McCarthy's drawn-out, 15-round battle in 2023. Johnson's re ...

The Louisiana Republican received a renewed nod ... but he was also part of a long list of GOP speakers chased to early exits. The stakes are higher this year as Trump prepares to return to ...