Rep. Mike Johnson was re-elected House speaker following a last-minute scramble to secure the 218 votes he needed.

In an apparent troll move, Massie cast his vote for Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), the number three Republican leader who Trump deliberately prevented from taking the job after McCarthy was ousted. The outcome ...

Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) took experts by surprise with his initial vote for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) instead of Rep. Mike ...

The U.S. House will vote for House Speaker to begin the 119th Congress on Friday and Rep. Mike Johnson has no margin for ...

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman said Republicans' celebration upon reelecting Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday was colored by a bit of gallows humor.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was re-elected to another term in the House after two Republican dissenters flipped last minute in a floor vote on Friday — with President-elect Donald Trump ...

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

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.

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

Johnson fell short at first, signaling trouble for House Republicans as they attempt to push Trump's second-term agenda.

The first major drama of the new Congress took place as the House of Representatives sought to elect a new speaker, with Mike ...

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 ...