During Barack Obama's presidency, the Tea Party was a major force in right-wing politics — often frustrating both President ...

WASHINGTON (WABC) -- With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the ...

Here is a look at the life of John Boehner, former speaker of the US House of Representatives. Personal Birth date: November 17, 1949 Birth place: Cincinnati, Ohio Birth name: John Andrew Boehner ...

After the 2013 government shutdown ended, Republican leaders made clear they had only been humoring Sen. Ted Cruz and his ...

The only two viable potential replacements for John Boehner as speaker of the House say they back the Ohio Republican and will oppose any effort to remove him from power. But other high-ranking ...

When President Barack Obama ordered military action against Muammar Qaddafi's Libya in 2011, both Republicans and Democrats ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The gulf between tea party conservatives and establishment Republicans has grown so wide that it just swallowed up the speaker of the House, and may threaten the entire Republican ...

House Minority leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, commanded the president's attention last week by comparing the financial reform bill to using a nuclear weapon to kill an ant. President Obama ...

John Boehner said he was humbled in his first speech as Speaker of the House Wednesday, which was greeted by a lots of applause. Boehner said he would restore trust to "the people's House," The New ...

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner says all children ought to be vaccinated. Boehner made the comment in response to a question Tuesday about whether there's a role for Congress on vaccines. His ...

House Speaker John Boehner is decrying the sluggish economic growth of recent years as a “new normal” and accusing Senate Democrats and President Barack Obama of standing in the way of legislation ...

In an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) explained why he’d never run for president. “I like to play golf,” he said. “I like to cut my own grass ...