handing Johnson the gavel because he won a majority of the 433 votes for Speaker. But a scenario where Massie votes for a candidate other than Johnson and two members vote “present” could tank ...

Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly avoided a painful and prolonged fight to keep his post, but his messy victory showed how difficult his job will be in the new all-Republican Congress. By Catie ...

Matt Gaetz was right—lawmakers did reelect Mike Johnson as speaker of the House on the first ballot on Friday. But that’s not to say that the Louisiana Republican’s path back to the gavel ...

“Speaker Mike Johnson is a good ... who needed four days and 15 votes to secure the gavel. But Johnson is reportedly willing to make some concessions, and he told Fox that his conversations ...

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson (Republican of Louisiana) pounds the gavel in the House Chamber before Representatives cast a vote that would re-elect him Speaker the US ...

Conservative backlash has brought Speaker Mike Johnson’s budget plans to a halt, offering an early sign of the struggle ...

is predicting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will remain in the top job for six years. The forecast from Gingrich — who wielded the gavel from 1995-99 — comes days after Johnson was ...

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie was vocally critical of Mike Johnson ahead of Friday's vote to reelect him House ...

Congress returned Friday, voting to reelect House speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican holdouts changed their votes.

That has raised questions about whether he can win enough votes to keep his gavel, given the House GOP’s razor-thin majority. In short, Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote for Speaker ...