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Speaker Mike Johnson is dealing with a nightmare before Christmas. And it won’t be his last. GOP leaders are now considering a plan B to avert a shutdown deadline on Friday as conservatives ...

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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) minced no words in his condemnation of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday, castigating him as a “weak, weak man.” Johnson has come out with a continuing ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has fallen under heavy pressure from Republican lawmakers, such as Senator Rand Paul. The critics are claiming Johnson has failed in his support of a short-term funding ...

Republican House speaker Mike Johnson is bracing for what could be a fraught battle on Friday as he seeks to hang on to the gavel when Congress returns from its holiday recess. Despite having the ...

For roughly a half hour this afternoon, Harris stood at the dais, alongside a seated Speaker MIKE JOHNSON, as the results of the election were read aloud state by state. Then, she had to verbalize her ...

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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is looking at a plan B to fund the government ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline as Republicans inside and outside the Capitol, including President-elect Trump and ...