“I like Mike; I’m frustrated with ... In the process, far-right conservatives are mad enough that the Jan. 3 vote for speaker, in which Johnson is seeking a second term, could get rocky.

Johnson could face difficulty in passing President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to political analysts.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) affirmed his decision to not support Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) in the Speaker’s race, even if his colleague Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) would land a top spot on the House ...

But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican ...

Mike Johnson was reelected as House speaker on a single vote. But Johnson faces many of the same demands from hard-line conservatives that led to the ouster of his predecessor as speaker.

Kentucky, wrote on X that a different speaker of the House of Representatives could win the vote if Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson loses on the first ballot.