Members of the House of Representatives applaud after U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-SC), was elected Speaker of the House on the ...

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

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.

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

Three of Mike Johnson’s fellow Republicans voted against their party’s nominee to lead the House, despite an endorsement from ...

Mike Johnson persuaded a pair of GOP skeptics to change votes, keeping the gavel in an era of Republican control in ...

Mike Johnson won re-election as House speaker with a boost from Donald Trump, but his challenges with a narrow Republican ...

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.

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie became the lone GOP representative to withhold his vote for Mike Johnson in his bid to ...

David Super, an expert on congressional procedure who teaches at Georgetown University, said Congress should still be able to perform its duty without a speaker because the House and Senate will be ...

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.