House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach ...

E ver since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right ...

Making Democrats look bad by defending trans women — or look bad by not defending trans women — isn’t Republicans’ end goal ...

House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin ...

Between Trump's agenda and DOGE, Republicans have steep ambitions for the coming years. On Friday, they avoided what could've ...

Latest news and updates on the first day of Congress following last year's general election. Get the latest news as the new ...

Even with Trump’s endorsement, the House speaker is still seeking to persuade GOP holdouts, who have threatened to oust him ...

Mike Johnson is elected House speaker during the first ballot, securing the gavel after Reps. Ralph Norman and Keith Self ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson vows to 'drastically' slash the size of government as Republicans take power in Congress.

But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...