Former Republican congressman Kevin McCarthy congratulated Mike Johnson on his reappointment as House speaker following a Friday vote replete with closed-door drama. However, according to McCarthy, a ...

Mike Johnson is trying to avoid the mistakes of his predecessor as he faces the toughest test of his political career on Friday. With his bid to keep his speakership on the line — despite ...

A widespread GOP revolt isn't needed to block Johnson from remaining as speaker. Republicans' razor-thin majority in the ...

The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in ...

My simple message to my colleagues is, make suggestions about process improvements, we're open to that at all times. But I ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered his congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after being reelected to the leadership role Friday but suggested that President-elect Trump ...

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Kevin McCarthy credited President-elect Donald Trump with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) victory on Friday, calling the incoming president the great “unifier” for Republicans.

The same wing of the GOP that ousted Kevin McCarthy is skeptical of Johnson. Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re ...

Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by ...

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The Bears didn’t pick former Packers coach Mike McCarthy, but Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is now staying inside ...