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

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and ...

WASHINGTON -- This time was supposed to be different.

Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year’s Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

Reps. Ralph Norman (R-SC) and Keith Self (R-Texas) changed their votes after having initially voted for other candidates, ...

After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.

Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Friday morning, hours before a high-stakes ...

Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network. When is the House speaker vote? The House is set to vote around noon as ...

The speaker election was on track to get deadlocked after a small handful of House Republicans rebelled against Johnson's ...

If no one quickly wins the gavel, certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory could be delayed.

When the 119th Congress is sworn in Friday, Jan. 3, House Speaker Mike Johnson will fight for his political life — again.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) will get to keep the big gavel after his fellow Republicans voted to re-elect him House ...