Mike Johnson was reelected as House speaker on a single vote WASHINGTON -- This time was supposed to be different. But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a challenging fight to remain in his position as he struggles to secure the near-unanimous support needed from House Republicans. Newsweek has contacted ...

Commenting to reporters, Johnson deflected blame away from the returning president, saying, “This is not a President Trump ...

WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a tricky fight to retain the gavel on Friday as the Republican leader kicks off the new Congress with a razor-thin majority. Holding only a four-vote edge in the ...

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 ...

Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker Friday on a first vote, overcoming skepticism about his ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson won reelection on the first ballot Friday after the Republican leader wrangled final support from a few reluctant right-wing hardliners. Johnson, who enjoyed the support ...

WASHINGTON – Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has already spent more than a year trying to organize a group of House Republicans for whom infighting and chaos have become the norm. The soft-spoken ...

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life, again. The Louisiana Republican's hold on the House speaker's gavel and his position as second in line to the ...

President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Friday morning, hours before a high-stakes House vote on whether to keep him in power.