Mike Johnson retains gavel after two reps change their votes - President-elect Donald Trump’s ally battling to retain gavel as Congress reconvenes on Friday ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to retain his gavel as lawmakers of the 119th Congress meet for the first time on Friday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson nearly lost the first floor vote Friday to retain the gavel. When the vote was unofficially called ...

Board members on the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus sent a warning shot to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shortly ...

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

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected as the speaker of the House on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. Why it ...

Two Republicans who initially voted against Johnson changed their votes to support him, preventing a days-long speaker battle ...

Johnson's first-round defeat came at the hands of conservative Republicans: Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas. The trio of GOP lawmakers voted for ...

The hrandful of Republicans who didn’t initially pick a speaker have now cast their votes. Reps. Andy Biggs (R., Ariz.), Michael Cloud (R., Texas), Andrew Clyde (R., Ga.), Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.), Andy ...

Several members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus haven’t voted for incumbent Speaker Mike Johnson. Republican Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, Michael Cloud of Texas, Paul ...

President Biden claimed Trump is the only president to avoid his successor’s inauguration. But several outgoing presidents in history have skipped the ceremony.