Mike Johnson

Brendan Buck served as an advisor to House Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. He is currently a partner at communications firm Seven Letter. When Republicans ...

Johnson, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and a key congressional figure in the failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election, will now take ...

The conservative Louisiana lawmaker won with 220 votes in the lower chamber of Congress. Mr Johnson is the fourth Republican nominated for the position since ...

Johnson, of Louisiana, was picking up support from most all Republicans anxious to put the past weeks of tumult behind and get on with the business of ...

After a turbulent three weeks without a speaker, the House on Wednesday elected Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

The US House of Representatives is voting on a fourth Speaker nominee, a day after the last candidate withdrew as Donald Trump assailed him.

Rep. Johnson seems to have united the GOP, but he'd bring little experience to the Speaker role if elected.

Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee in what has become an almost absurd ...

Louisiana congressman is solid part of party's right wing and played role assisting Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election.

Representative Mike Johnson recruited House Republicans to back a lawsuit to overturn the results, and he was a key architect of his party's objections to ...

A lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 ...

Johnson won the nomination Tuesday with the support of 128 Republicans, far short of the 217 GOP votes he needs to win the speakership on the House floor.

Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House speaker after McCarthy's ousting. The Louisiana House member played a key role in the 2020 election overturn ...

He won 220 to 209 in the House vote on Wednesday with unanimous support among Republicans, who enjoy a slim majority in the chamber. A member of Congress since ...

Republicans turned to a little-known Louisiana lawmaker who led congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election, ending a weekslong deadlock that ...

The Louisiana Republican is known as an easy friend among his colleagues, a devout Christian and fervent social conservative who joined the majority of his ...

Louisiana congressman known as 'Maga Mike', elected House speaker Wednesday, is staunch Trump supporter and election denier.

A low-key lawmaker in Congress for less than a decade, new House Speaker Mike Johnson isn't recognisable to most Americans. But the social conservative and.

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Mike Johnson speaks with Kat Cammack outside a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill. Mike Johnson hadn't officially been elected speaker ...

Latest updates on the House speaker race after Mike Johnson's nomination and Tom Emmer's withdrawal. The House of Representatives is on its 21st day without ...

Members associated with No Labels, the centrist political organization plotting a third-party presidential bid, are singing the praises of newly minted ...

After three weeks of congressional paralysis, House Republicans have elected a new Speaker of the House: Mike Johnson of Louisiana.

Rightwing Louisiana congressman and Trump ally is now one of the most powerful people in Washington.

Representative Mike Johnson comes from Louisiana oil country and has said he does not believe burning fossil fuels is changing the climate.

After weeks of uncertainty, House Republicans elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion rights and same-sex ...

Just a minute, don't tell me,” said an Irish government adviser as he searched the name online. “I'm curious how blood-red his state might be.”

Gaetz, a far-right House Republican who viewed Speaker Kevin McCarthy as too willing to compromise with Democrats, started a process three weeks ago to unseat ...

Michael Kruse is a senior staff writer at POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine. Mike who? Some three chaotic weeks after the shocking ouster of Kevin McCarthy, the ...

Even though his political stances have been divisive, those who've worked alongside and opposed him concur Johnson has an agreeable nature.

The newly-elected speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, had a leading role in trying to overturn the 2020 election.

Republican Mike Johnson is the new speaker of the House, but the ally of Donald Trump inherits many of the same political problems that have tormented past ...

The Louisiana Republican's ascension puts an ally of one of the country's most influential anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups third in line for the ...

The Louisiana Republican played a pivotal role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. But his elevation to the top post in the House does not give him ...

Speaker Mike Johnson once cut a conservative path as an unassuming Louisiana state lawmaker who authored proposals with a religious bent.

Israel's war with Hamas after the Hamas attack is causing a devastating humanitarian toll in Gaza. Much less importantly, the war also raises questions in ...

New Yorker writer Jonathan Blitzer gives a deeper lens into Johnson, a conservative who refused to certify the 2020 election results. Blitzer also talks the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a media availability at the U.S. Capitol. Mike Johnson is fairly ideologically representative of the Republican House ...

Finally, Republican Mike Johnson secured the vote for speakership Wednesday night. Rep. Mike Flood and Rep. Adrian Smith both gave their congratulations to the ...

Johnson's status as a relatively unknown figure outside Capitol Hill meant he had few enemies to derail his campaign.

The White House has begun envisioning life with a new speaker — and the path to keeping the government's lights on.

Johnson's wildly bigoted remarks about homosexuality over the years, and the fact that he supported criminalizing gay sex between consenting adults. CNN's KFile ...

The speaker has skated to reelection three times in a one-party state — which isn't the best preparation for defending 221 seats spread across nearly every ...

It was back to business on Capitol Hill as new House Speaker Mike Johnson spent his first full day meeting with the Australian prime minister and President ...

Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson had a "productive meeting" with President Joe Biden on Thursday, Johnson told reporters afterward.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, the previously little-known Louisiana Republican who claimed the chamber's gavel this week after 22 days of chaos, ...

In a historic and contentious election, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was elected as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, writes Pro Farmer analyst ...