Congress returns Friday and is voting for a House speaker just days after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson ...

“We did talk this weekend,” Guest said of Johnson. “I appreciate Mike reaching out. I don’t see it having an impact on what we as a committee ultimately decide.” The speaker has ...

Johnson appeared to be on a path to defeat when five Republicans sat silently as their clerk called their names for a vote. Three others — Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of ...

But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...

Congress begins a new session Friday with Republicans now leading both chambers. The House will need to elect a speaker ...

In past years, Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump and even a senator, Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky, have received votes for House speaker. None received the majority of the vote. And generally, ...

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and ...

Is the 119th Congress in for a repeat of those dynamics as House Speaker Mike Johnson’s gavel could be in jeopardy and President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to act on his electoral mandate ...

Louisiana leaders are celebrating Rep. Mike Johnson’s reelection as Speaker of the House. Here's what they had to say about his leadership.

The question for those House Republicans opposing the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson is an obvious one. That would be: If not Speaker Johnson — who? And the glaringly obvious answer ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport got an important boost to keep the top job in Congress on Monday when President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his support for Louisiana's 4th District ...

Monday morning on Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson, R-La., to remain on as speaker of the House. In a post discussing Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign funds ...