House Speaker Mike Johnson got a taste of what life in the 119th Congress will be like as he wrestles with a historically narrow majority.

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts ...

The Speaker of the House of the 119th Congress is now facing several critical political fights while navigating a razor-thin ...

The biggest problem some Republicans have with House Speaker Mike Johnson is that he works with Democrats. They'll have to get over that.

Washington — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Friday that he doesn’t believe there is “clarity” yet on whether all 53 Republican senators will support President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin ...

With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up ...

He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new Congress. The bad news for the speaker: He’ll lead the GOP-led House in the new ...

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

John Mannion, D-Geddes, walks to the House floor Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2025, to cast his vote for speaker and prepare to be sworn into the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Mark Weiner ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson held on and won the speakership again Friday, overcoming opposition from irate Republicans who ...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single vote ...