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

In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin.

This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, endured to become ...

A former senator thinks House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is headed for a coming storm. Johnson held open the first vote as ...

Congress returned Friday, voting to reelect House speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican holdouts changed their votes.

La., narrowly held onto the gavel in a nail-biter vote on Friday afternoon. Republicans eager to swear in President-elect ...

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

A widespread GOP revolt isn't needed to block Johnson from remaining as speaker. Republicans' razor-thin majority in the House leaves him room for only a single deflection, and one Republican has ...

After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect ...

After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect Donald Trump, hardline conservatives and minority Democrats, he returned to ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson said that he jokingly asked Elon Musk if he wanted to take over his job — after the billionaire helped torpedo a major government spending bill on ...

The 118-page bill passed with bipartisan support in the House, 366 - 34, after Republican Speaker Mike Johnson negotiated with his Democratic counterpart Hakeem Jeffries over the details in ...