Speaker of the House

Representative Matt Gaetz also argued that the impeachment inquiry was simply for "television consumption."

"There is a legal basis for impeachment because it's really a political judgment on the part of the members of the Congress," Andrew Napolitano said.

"Does the president not trust the Speaker of the House with sensitive national security information?" Chris Wallace asked.

"Nancy, you already got the truth and Nancy, you can't handle the truth. So just knock it the hell off," the former judge said.

"I'm not going to defend Donald Trump. Not now, not in the future," Ryan reportedly told Republicans during a conference call.

The image of Pelosi, eyebrow raised and clapping at Trump after he called for an end to "revenge politics," now features on T-shirts and tote bags for sale on her online store.

Second in the line of presidential succession after the vice president, the speaker occupies a central role in our national government.

"Why would he not resign the speakership?"

Boehner has said his shift on marijuana is a change of heart, but it also coincides with his new company's plan to go public.

The House speaker said drafting replacement legislation is a plan for the first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency.

The Speaker of the House also said he wouldn't seek his current office.

In his first address to the House in his new role, Ryan called on members to change how they conduct business.

Ryan is a U.S. representative from Wisconsin and was the Republican nominee for vice president in 2012.

The deal exchanges increases in federal spending for distant savings that will never materialize.

Despite stiff opposition from conservatives, the likely next speaker says the House needs to wipe the slate.

Boehner is a rogue agent negotiating on behalf of special interests, not the voters.

He's against abortion, marriage rights and the TARP stimulus. He's for gun rights, lifting the Cuba embargo and immigration reform.

Ryan didn't get the four-fifths needed for an endorsement, but convinces enough to back him.

The "proposition that somehow the conference drafts him and he accepts under the condition there are no conditions...that would be a huge mistake."

"We have important measures coming up and we'll need a bipartisan coalition to pass them."

The Freedom Caucus wants the new speaker to agree to rules changes to diminish his influence.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, abruptly dropped out on Thursday.

"When I said that my leadership style is based on listening, I meant it."

The heavy favorite bowed out in an unexpected move as the House Republican Conference met Thursday.

The House Freedom Caucus complicates McCarthy's path to speakership.

A wrestling champion and an Eagle Scout are among those vying for the post.

Funding bill does not meet conservatives' demands to cut off money for Planned Parenthood.

His departure won't end the battle between tea party and the GOP's governing wing.

Facing a Tea Party challenge, the speaker needs to solve Congress's budget crisis by next week and save himself.

Fiscal conservatives and libertarians are tiring of the house speaker's compromises.