Johnson, of Louisiana, has been working diligently to prevent defeat, spending New Year's Day at Mar-a-Lago as he positions ...

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

Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network. When is the House speaker vote? The House is set to vote around noon as ...

The close vote was a bad sign for Trump’s legislative agenda. The success of President-Elect Donald Trump’s legislative ...

President-elect Donald Trump wished House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) “good luck” in Friday’s vote for him to retain his ...

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

A new US Congress has assembled, and the Republicans have a majority in both chambers. But president-elect Donald Trump faces ...

Republican Mike Johnson was returned as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Friday with the crucial backing of incoming president Donald Trump, ending a bitter standoff that threatened to ...

Friday's vote underscores the challenges for Trump in keeping House Republicans united to legislate his agenda.

As Republicans hold just a four-seat advantage in the House, a new Congress began on Friday with Speaker Johnson retaining his post.

Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.