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.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., right, speaks with House Minority leader Hakeem as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in ...

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 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 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.

‘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 ...

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 ...

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 (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… ...