Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts ...

Electing a speaker of the House has long been one of the easiest votes for a party in the majority. Republicans have changed ...

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after a small handful of House ...

WASHINGTON — The start of a new Congress Friday marked the dawn of what could be a golden era for Republicans after winning ...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson -- and incoming US president Donald Trump -- faced a test of political strength Friday ...

The reversal leading to Johnson’s victory comes after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Johnson and said he would make ...

After winning re-election as Speaker of the House in a close vote Friday, Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson promised to put ...

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

GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia posed with House Speaker Mike Johnson for a photograph to mark the start of the next ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers returned Democratic Speaker Joanna McClinton to lead the chamber for the new session after the ...