Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won re-election to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from ...
WASHINGTON ― House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) won reelection to the chamber’s top job Friday, but the victory was marred slightly by last-minute holdouts. The close call offered a dramatic vision of ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO/AP) — A new Congress will start in Washington on Friday, and with it comes a question: can Republican Mike Johnson of Louisiana stay on as speaker? South Dakota’s Dusty ...
Outside a New Year’s Eve gathering at his Mar-a-Lago club, Donald Trump was asked to make the case for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to continue as House speaker. “He’s the one that can win right now,” ...
Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, has faced pushback from some Republicans after he supported a recent spending bill that the president-elect and Elon Musk opposed. That could pose a problem ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on the speaker’s gavel and his position as second in line to the ...
House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life – again. But this time could be the last. Johnson’s hold over the gavel will be put to the test on Friday when the House ...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday expressed confidence about his chances ahead of the House’s Speaker vote on Friday. “We’re going to get this done,” Johnson said in an interview on ...