Johnson chose Foxx to succeed now-retired Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas). Unlike most other House committees, the Rules gavel ...

A Trump spokesman on Friday called for the immediate dismissal of the case, which he described as “lawless.” House Speaker ...

The House will vote at noon Friday to select a speaker. Johnson is expected to win nearly all Republican votes, but just a ...

Republican Mike Johnson’s House speaker election looked dicey. Trump intervened and two GOP defectors changed their votes.

House Republicans braced for the possibility that Friday’s speaker election could go multiple rounds, as incumbent Mike ...

After two hours, ferocious whipping and a dark-horse defection, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) secured the gavel on the first ...

The new Congress got off to a stumbling start Friday, as Mike Johnson initially appeared to fall short of winning the ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to avoid the same fate that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, experienced two years ago: an embarrassing, drawn-out floor fight for the speaker ...

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 was an easy ...

This year, current Republicans Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is favored to win and maintain the gavel, as he also has the ...

Mike Johnson will attempt to retain the speakership when the new House of Representatives meets for the first time at noon ...