U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI),

Democrats won’t throw House Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline if his Republican colleagues turn against him again, says Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — still furious over last week’s botched

House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) notched a major win Friday by averting a government shutdown, but it has not taken him out of the woods in his fight to retain the speaker's gavel on Jan. 3. Why it matters: Johnson will likely be able to bank just one GOP defection and still win.

There will be plenty of time – the entire rest of this year, in fact – to be merry and bright and make resolutions with the life expectancy of a mayfly. To happily bid farewell to 2024. In the meantime, please consider this column to be more like a preemptive Jan. 1, 2025, hangover.

A handful of conservative House Republicans were voicing concerns about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to President-elect Trump even before last week’s government funding fiasco, multiple sources on

A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?

It's not a guarantee Mike Johnson will lose his job next Congress, but with a government shutdown looming days before Christmas, a challenge looks more likely.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said he has spoken to Elon Musk and explained why he supports the government spending bill despite concerns regarding the deficit.

The U.S. House of Representatives will decide Jan. 3 whether to reelect Speaker Mike Johnson to the top GOP job after he faced a contentious vote to avert a government shutdown at the last-minute last week,