Mike Johnson

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

What they're saying: "The consensus [among House Democrats] is that he is a more genial Jim Jordan and plays well with others on his side," one House Democrat ...

Twenty-two days. Fourteen candidates. Four nominees. Three floor votes (and counting). Could House Republicans finally be on the cusp of a breakthrough in ...

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

Louisiana's Mike Johnson won with 220 votes in his favour in the lower chamber of Congress.

Louisiana congressman – and the party's fourth nominee – wins support of all 220 Republicans who cast a ballot.

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 ...

Louisiana congressman voted against certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election victory and opposed more Ukraine aid.

A virtual unknown beyond the shaded verandas and air-conditioned municipal halls of the Deep South, Louisiana congressman Mike Johnson is emblematic of the ...

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

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 ...

Indeed, he was the Republican's fourth choice to replace Kevin McCarthy, following Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer. His nomination and election happened ...

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 ...

Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker. Republicans eagerly voted to give Johnson the gavel on Wednesday.

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 ...

Johnson of Louisiana, ...

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

Analysis: Louisiana congressman joined legal fight to throw out results in four battleground states won by Joe Biden.

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 ...

The US House of Representatives elected Republican Mike Johnson, a conservative with little leadership experience, as speaker on Wednesday (25 October), ...

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

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

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

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.”

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

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 ...

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

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 ...