For Lyndon Johnson’s 200 million countrymen ... but the walls which bound the condition of many by the color of his skin,” was a rousing call to action. But he has frequently failed where ...

Aside from tales and speculation on the subject related to the John F. Kennedy era, Americans haven’t paid much attention to ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) succeeded in keeping his gavel for the 119th Congress, winning in the House’s Speakership vote in one round Friday. Johnson, who had a one-vote margin of error, won ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has one more day to win over skeptical House Republicans before they vote on whether he keeps the gavel. In the narrow House GOP majority, Johnson can only afford to ...

WASHINGTON − House Speaker Mike Johnson won back his job for another term on Friday after a nail-biter finish and now has the daunting task of trying to unify a fractured but potentially ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to avoid the same fate that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, experienced two years ago: an embarrassing, drawn-out floor fight for the speaker ...

While the high-stakes fight to lead the House of Representatives is over, Speaker Mike Johnson’s politically perilous year is just beginning. Winning the speaker’s gavel was no easy feat ...

Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House. For now. After a handful of hard-right Republicans held out on Friday, he was reelected, winning them over not with his own personal charm but with the muscle ...

One GOP defection in Friday's vote could decide if Johnson gets another term. After spending Thursday trying to sway Republican holdouts to back his bid to retain the speaker's gavel, Mike Johnson ...

President Jimmy Carter’s funeral began on Saturday morning at a medical center in Americus, Georgia, where his body was ...

This live coverage event has concluded. For the latest updates, visit wsj.com. Mike Johnson was re-elected House speaker on the first ballot after some late drama, with President-elect Donald ...

While House Republicans were critical of Johnson in recent weeks, President-elect Donald Trump backed his continued speakership. Johnson's win in a first ballot vote on Friday demonstrated that ...