Incumbent Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) warned of a “constitutional crisis” if the House can’t swiftly elect a speaker. A law dating to the first Congress in 1789 requires the election of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) faces a day of reckoning, trying to keep the speaker’s gavel with one of the slimmest majorities in congressional history.

During the vote for the next House speaker, incumbent Mike Johnson texted on his cellphone and talked with his head bowed to Rep. Andy Ogles (R., Tenn.), who was crouched in the aisle beside him.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon. Republicans eager to swear in President-elect Trump later this month and capitalize on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks after being re-elected Speaker on the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 3, 2025.

As the House heads into its first session of the new Congress on Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson — the Louisiana Republican who has led the chamber since October 2023 — is not yet assured to be ...

‘Look, no, I think there’s a clear distinction between those two,’ Johnson said. Pressed on what he sees as the difference, the Louisiana Republican added , “Everybody wants me to ...

Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed confidence that he will remain House speaker. The Republican Party has a scant one-vote majority in the House. The new Congress will have its first day of session on ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is reelected to his position A new session of Congress began Friday with Republicans to take full control in the Washington this month.

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… ...