In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., left, 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 ...

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson nearly lost his bid to retain speakership of the House of Representatives after the first round of voting on Friday. Initially, 215 Republicans voted for Johnson, while ...

Rep. Mike Johnson shakes hands with a fellow House member as he worked to retain his spot as Speaker of the House. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Incumbent House speaker Mike Johnson has officially ...

Newly-elected House lawmakers started casting votes as Johnson’s name was put forward for nomination by the GOP Conference Chair Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich. “No speaker’s perfect,” she said.

The 50-page list of suggestions from House Budget Committee Republicans includes tax increases for single parents, students ...

Current Speaker Mike Johnson faces a leadership challenge on Friday as the new Congress convenes and elects the House speaker. Johnson faces opposition from some of his own GOP colleagues – despite ...

WASHINGTON — 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 speaker ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson won back his job for another term ... Bragg contends that Trump's payment to Daniels via his lawyer, Michael Cohen was not an official act as president.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support ...

Johnson takes the oath of office He was officially sworn in as Speaker of the House by Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky, the longest-serving member of the House. Cheers erupted in the House chamber ...