Fresh off a government spending deal that left many Republicans unhappy with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill on Jan. 3 to swear in new members and determine ...

Washington (CNN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a tough fight to retain the gavel even after an endorsement from Donald Trump, a test of the president-elect’s influence over his party amid the ...

Speaker Mike Johnson has the support of most House Republicans, but a handful of holdouts threaten to derail his bid to keep his job because the GOP holds only a slim majority in the chamber. The ...

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the ...

The political reverberations of the New Year’s Day attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street. And the fight to be the new speaker of the House. The political reverberations of the New Year’s Day attack on ...

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) discouraged another election for speaker of the House because it would distract from President-elect Donald Trump‘s first days in office. Zinke voiced his support for Speaker ...

Trump’s endorsement could help Johnson shore up support, especially after the speaker navigated a chaotic government funding fight earlier this month that drew the ire of his right flank. But with a ...