Republican Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight to retain his gavel. The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power centers for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged Tuesday he‘s trying to stop the poaching by Donald Trump of his very slender House majority even as he conceded—it isn’t his call. “I don’t expect that we will have more members leaving,

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's mandate after election victory.

House conservatives say they expect to present a challenger to Speaker Mike Johnson in Wednesday's internal GOP leadership elections, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Johnson is the formidable favorite in tomorrow's ballot.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters following a post election press conference on the East Front Steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Pho

House Speaker Mike Johnson took questions from reporters on Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump's victory and called it a "new day in America."

House Speaker Mike Johnson says at a news conference on the East Front Steps of the US Capitol a week after the 2024 election that he got the opportunity to travel to every single swing district throughout the nation and saw the same theme come up everywhere they went - people are furious about the open southern border and want it closed,

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