Mike Johnson

The US House of Representatives is voting on a fourth Speaker nominee, a day after the last candidate withdrew as Donald Trump assailed him.

Johnson won the nomination Tuesday with the support of 128 Republicans, far short of the 217 GOP votes he needs to win the speakership on the House floor.

Rep. Johnson seems to have united the GOP, but he'd bring little experience to the Speaker role if elected.

Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee in what has become an almost absurd ...

Latest updates on the House speaker race after Mike Johnson's nomination and Tom Emmer's withdrawal. The House of Representatives is on its 21st day without ...

The U.S. House Representatives began a vote on Wednesday that could elect Republican Mike Johnson as speaker, potentially bringing an end to a ...

Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian from Louisiana and loyal ally of Donald Trump, will head to the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, ...

A lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 ...

Brendan Buck served as an advisor to House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. He is currently a partner at communications firm Seven Letter. When Republicans ...

Johnson, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election, will now take ...

Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker. Republicans eagerly voted to give Johnson the gavel on Wednesday.

First elected in 2016, Johnson will be the least experienced House speaker in decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Louisiana congressman is solid part of party's right wing and played role assisting Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election.

Louisiana congressman – and the party's fourth nominee – wins support of all 220 Republicans who cast a ballot.

After a turbulent three weeks without a speaker, the House on Wednesday elected Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

The conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress. Mr Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated for the position since ...

Indeed, he was the Republican's fourth choice to replace Kevin McCarthy, following Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer. His nomination and election happened ...

Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House speaker after McCarthy's ousting. The Louisiana House member played a key role in the 2020 election overturn ...

Representative Mike Johnson recruited House Republicans to back a lawsuit to overturn the results, and he was a key architect of his party's objections to ...

U.S. Representative Mike Johnson has been elected by his fellow Republicans to serve as speaker of the House of Representatives, after three weeks of ...

He won 220 to 209 in the House vote on Wednesday with unanimous support among Republicans, who enjoy a slim majority in the chamber. A member of Congress since ...

A former constitutional lawyer, Mr Johnson is an avowed supporter of Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Louisiana Republican is known as an easy friend among his colleagues, a devout Christian and fervent social conservative who joined the majority of his ...

Taipei, Oct. 26 (CNA)Taiwan's foreign ministry on Thursday extended congratulations to American Congressman Mike Johnson on his election hours earlier as ...

The US House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, as speaker on Wednesday (25 October), ...

Members associated with No Labels, the centrist political organization plotting a third-party presidential bid, are singing the praises of newly minted ...

Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate.

Just a minute, don't tell me,” said an Irish government adviser as he searched the name online. “I'm curious how blood-red his state might be.”

Gaetz, a far-right House Republican who viewed Speaker Kevin McCarthy as too willing to compromise with Democrats, started a process three weeks ago to unseat ...

After weeks of uncertainty, House Republicans elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion rights and same-sex ...

Michael Kruse is a senior staff writer at POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine. Mike who? Some three chaotic weeks after the shocking ouster of Kevin McCarthy, the ...

Rightwing Louisiana congressman and Trump ally is now one of the most powerful people in Washington.

The newly-elected speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, had a leading role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past ...

The Louisiana Republican's ascension puts an ally of one of the country's most influential anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups third in line for the ...

The Louisiana Republican played a pivotal role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But his elevation to the top post in the House does not give him ...

Israel's war with Hamas after the Hamas attack is causing a devastating humanitarian toll in Gaza. Much less importantly, the war also raises questions in ...

New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer gives a deeper lens into Johnson, a conservative who refused to certify the 2020 election results. Blitzer also talks the ...

Jill and I congratulate Speaker Johnson on his election. As I said when this process began, whoever the Speaker is, I will seek to work with them in good ...

The White House has begun envisioning life with a new speaker — and the path to keeping the government's lights on.

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a media availability at the U.S. Capitol. Mike Johnson is fairly ideologically representative of the Republican House ...

Speaker Mike Johnson once cut a conservative path as an unassuming Louisiana state lawmaker who authored proposals with a religious bent.

Johnson's status as a relatively unknown figure outside Capitol Hill meant he had few enemies to derail his campaign.

The speaker has skated to reelection three times in a one-party state — which isn't the best preparation for defending 221 seats spread across nearly every ...

It was back to business on Capitol Hill as new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent his first full day meeting with the Australian prime minister and President ...

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson had a "productive meeting" with President Joe Biden on Thursday, Johnson told reporters afterward.

And if you weren't familiar with Johnson, you might've assumed that that was maybe even a good thing—that he was just a quiet Republican who hadn't gotten ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, the previously little-known Louisiana Republican who claimed the chamber's gavel this week after 22 days of chaos, ...