As a teenager, he started playing “Spanish guitar” – that’s what everybody called acoustic guitars before electric guitars were invented. One day, while he picked the strings with his right hand as ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson delivers remarks after being re-elected Speaker on the first day of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 3, 2025. (Photo by ...

WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for a ...

Republican Mike Johnson has narrowly won re-election to the House speakership on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts after a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from ...

Mike Johnson's reelection as Speaker of the House underscores ongoing divisions among Republicans, even as he aims to align the party behind Trump’s agenda. US House of Representatives Speaker ...

US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber’s top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump’s Republicans on ...

Republican Mike Johnson was returned as speaker of the US House of Representatives on Friday with the crucial backing of incoming president Donald Trump, ending a bitter standoff that threatened ...

Speaker chosen: Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by President-elect Donald Trump, but he’ll face a big ...

Speaker of the House of Rep. Mike Johnson. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images After it appeared there were too many Republican defections to win the vote, Rep. Mike Johnson retained his role as House ...

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson won back his job for another term on Friday after a nail-biter finish and now has the daunting task of trying to unify a fractured but potentially ...