Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON -- This time was supposed to be different.

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

Donald Trump endorsed Johnson for speake. But it’s uncertain whether that will be enough to persuade far-right Republicans ...

David Super, an expert on congressional procedure who teaches at Georgetown University, said Congress should still be able to ...

David joined Raw Story in 2023 after nearly a decade of writing about the legal industry for Bloomberg Law. He is also a co-founder and a commissioning editor at Hypatia Press, a publisher that ...

Republicans first elected Johnson as speaker in October 2023 after they were unable to agree on a replacement for three weeks after ousting the previous speaker, Kevin McCarthy. It is not clear if ...

Republican Thomas Massie said on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday: "I will vote for someone other than Mike Johnson. I'm not persuaded by the 'hurry up and elect him so we can certify the election ...

“I don’t see anyone else who could do any better than what Mike Johnson has done. The last thing we need right now is another situation like we had two years ago with Kevin McCarthy. Let’s ...

Fox & Friends hosts wondered aloud about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s future as the House Freedom Caucus weighed the “risk-benefit” to replacing him, not with regards to his value as leader ...

MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. House of Representatives will decide Jan. 3 whether to re-elect Speaker Mike Johnson to the top GOP job after he faced a contentious vote to avert a government shutdown at ...