Mike Johnson appeared to initially fall short of the majority he needed to retain his job in a roll-call vote that lasted ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

All 215 House Democrats were expected to vote for Jeffries on Friday, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-5th District, the minority whip, told MSNBC ahead of the vote.

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been re-elected as speaker of the house after a close vote Friday that needed meetings ...

Mike Johnson has become speaker of the House after a dramatic delay caused by a handful of insurgent Republicans who revolted against him during the first vote of the 119th Congress.

After an initial burst of drama, the House voted to give Speaker Mike Johnson another term as the GOP prepares to take total control of Washington.

The House is in limbo again after Republicans failed to coalesce around Mike Johnson for speaker despite President-elect Trump's endorsement.

Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and didn't manage to secure the votes he needed in an initial round of voting Friday.

Republicans may not have a functioning legislative majority by the time those fights begin. The GOP won 220 seats in November ...

Kentucky, wrote on X that a different speaker of the House of Representatives could win the vote if Louisiana Republican Mike ...

Congress has been here before, when it took Republicans nearly a week and 15 rounds of voting to elect Kevin McCarthy as ...

Trump said from his Truth Social website: "Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support. A win for Mike today will be a big win for ...