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

House Speaker Mike Johnson vows to 'drastically' slash the size of government as Republicans take power in Congress.

Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker on Friday, narrowly winning a showdown with his party's right-flank after ...

WASHINGTON ― Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) is hoping for a smooth reelection to his house speaker post when the new Congress kicks off on Friday. He’s got President-elect Donald Trump ’s support, which is ...

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 ...

In the end, Donald Trump was the one who saved Mike Johnson’s gavel Friday during a drama-filled House floor vote for speaker ...

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection on a dramatic first-ballot vote for House Speaker, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff. AP explains what's next for the ...

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who had declined to publicly support Johnson up until the speakership vote, brushed off questions about the motion to vacate immediately after the speaker’s vote but hinted at ...

The House speaker vote was a litmus test of President-elect Trump's ability to unify a fractious Republican Party.

With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up the phone.

US President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Louisiana lawmaker Mike Johnson after he was returned as speaker of the House of Representatives on Friday, hailing his victory as a sign of the country's ...