House Speaker Mike Johnson's victory came with a warning from hardline Republicans
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 different person for speaker.
The Hard Right Isn’t Mike Johnson’s Biggest Problem Anymore
Ever since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right members of the House Freedom Caucus, who have exploited narrow margins of control to keep pressure on their colleagues to obey their wishes.
Mike Johnson wins full term as House speaker after two Republicans change their votes: Highlights
Latest news and updates on the first day of Congress following last year's general election. Get the latest news as the new year kicks off in Washington.
Republicans Who Initially Voted Against Mike Johnson for House Speaker
Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and eked out a win after initially coming up short.
Mike Johnson Roasted Over What Could Be His Most Ironic Boast Yet
Mike Johnson brags about how fast the election certification was yesterday,” it captioned the clip. Commenters pointed out how the certification of President Joe Biden ’s 2020 election victory over then-POTUS Trump was only delayed (for hours) after Trump supporters stormed the U.
Why the speaker vote should still worry Mike Johnson
Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially reelected on the first ballot,
Republican Hands Mike Johnson Warning After Winning Speakership
GOP Representative Chip Roy has warned House Speaker Mike Johnson that a significant number of House Republicans have "reservations" about him despite his narrow reelection as speaker on Friday.
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Mike Johnson quietly sought EPA environmental justice grant
The House speaker asked the agency last year to send cash from the Democrats' 2022 climate law to his district. Republicans ...
Mike Johnson plans to use reconciliation to circumvent Democrats on debt limit fight
The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans ...
Mike Johnson touts new GOP agenda under Trump: ‘We’re going to be dismantling the deep state’
Fresh off his reelection as speaker, Mike Johnson hyped up Republicans’ ambitious agenda for the new year and pledged to take ...
Speaker Mike Johnson says Donald Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?
House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach ...
Republicans blast 'joke' sentencing of Trump 10 days before swearing in
Trump was sentenced Friday morning in New York City to unconditional discharge. He was convicted last year of falsifying business records after a years-long investigation by Manhattan District ...
Republicans fall in line behind Mike Johnson, avoiding an early Trump-era mess for the GOP
Between Trump's agenda and DOGE, Republicans have steep ambitions for the coming years. On Friday, they avoided what could've ...
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker despite dissent
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin ...
Republicans start 2025 with the smallest House majority since 1931
The GOP’s tiny majority in the House of Representatives could pose a challenge for Speaker Mike Johnson and test the ...