House Speaker Mike Johnson held on and won the speakership again Friday after a pair of Republican defectors ultimately flipped their votes to support him. Aided by the endorsement of President-elect ...

The Republican speaker, once viewed as an interim figure, maintained the House majority and his job. But his narrow margin of control could pose major difficulties. By Catie Edmondson Reporting from ...

As House Speaker Mike Johnson seeks to retain his grip on the gavel, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is demanding "assurances" that Johnson "won't sell us out to the swamp." Johnson, who secured the ...

A small group of House Republicans on Friday blocked House Speaker nominee Mike Johnson’s first attempt at winning his job back on the first day of the 119th Congress. Mr. Johnson fell short of the ...

In a podcast interview, Speaker Mike Johnson opened up about the crushing demands of a job that he joked was his in name only.

It’s easy to forget that after a group of House Republicans successfully ousted then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy, his successor, Louisiana’s Mike Johnson, was not the GOP's first choice. Or the party’s ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) heads to the House floor on Friday in hopes of being formally reelected Speaker. While Johnson has the endorsement of President-elect Trump to remain Speaker, one ...

The 119th Congress opened Friday in a similar vein to the previous Congress, with a question hanging over the Capitol regarding whether the man on track to become Speaker could actually secure the job ...

Happy New Year! The first days of 2025 will ring in some new laws, a restoration of the nation’s debt limit, a new $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket costs for Medicare beneficiaries — and, potentially, a ...