Speaker Mike Johnson reclaimed the speakership for the 119th Congress after two Republican holdouts flipped their votes ...

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin.

President-elect Donald Trump congratulated Johnson, who eked out election as speaker of the House after a first ballot was kept open for more than an hour.

Multiple lawmakers on the state and federal level showed support for Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House.

There were six additional Republican holdouts who declined to vote the first time around, including Representatives Andy ...

Though Johnson huddled with the holdouts, he told reporters he would not be making concessions or side deals, something his ...

Latest news and updates on the first day of Congress following last year's general election. Get the latest news as the new ...

La., initially fell two votes short of holding onto the speaker's gavel on a first ballot. But after meeting with the speaker ...

But during an extended delay in which the House clerk held open the vote — and during which Republican Majority Whip Tom Emmer conceded that he expected a second ballot — GOP leadership scrambled to ...

Of 434 votes casted, Johnson received 218, while Democrat Hakeem Jeffries of New York received 215 and Tom Emmer of Minnesota, a Republican, received a single vote. Iowa's delegation in the house ...

After the pomp, circumstance and photos are all done, the incoming members of the House of Representatives have a single task ...