Despite staunch objections from Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Johnson convinced the remainder of the Republican caucus that he could do the job. That being said, a faction of the GOP remains likely ...

Speaker Mike Johnson will lead his party through the new Congress, and while he won the gavel on the first ballot, it took some wrangling from President-Elect Trump to get at least two holdouts on ...

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 ...

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Johnson then took the gavel and outlined issues on which he wants the newly installed 119th Congress to focus. “We have a mandate: People want an America First agenda,” Johnson said to the ...

Current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has the support of President-elect Donald Trump, but that doesn’t guarantee he will secure the spot. The incoming president’s endorsement of Johnson is ...