Two Florida House Representatives, Hillary Cassel and Susan Valdés, recently announced they were leaving the Democratic Party ...

With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up ...

Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly avoided a painful and prolonged fight to keep his post, but his messy victory showed how ...

Republicans may not have a functioning legislative majority by the time those fights begin. The GOP won 220 seats in November ...

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

Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected House Speaker on Jan. 3., receiving the bare minimum, 218 votes. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., was selected by his Republican colleagues as the Senate’s new majority ...

Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...

He initially appeared to fall short of winning the speakership, but last-minute arm-bending convinced two GOP holdouts to ...

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

Even with Donald Trump’s presidential victory, Republicans actually lost two House seats overall in the election. With the ...

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

The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting for his political life — again ...