Speaker Mike Johnson wins GOP nomination to remain in job, faces full House vote in new year
WASHINGTON -- Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.
After Trump endorsement, GOP backs Mike Johnson for second term as House speaker
In January, Mike Johnson faces another vote to stay in the job that places him second in line for the presidency after Vice President-elect JD Vance.
How Trump’s Johnson endorsement is influencing House GOP hardliners
President-elect Donald Trump’s endorsement of Mike Johnson’s speakership has already convinced some public detractors to support the Louisiana Republican. Trump should get “the team he wants on the field,
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Live updates: Senate GOP leadership team is set, Trump backs Johnson for Speaker
Republicans in the House and Senate are electing their leaders Wednesday after securing a trifecta — winning the House, Senate and White House — in last week’s election. In the Senate, Sen. John Thune (R-S.
Mike Johnson Wins GOP Nomination to Remain House Speaker
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is seen onstage at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Johnson on Wednesday won the
House GOP reaches deal to make it harder to oust speaker
The agreement would increase the threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker.
Trump endorses Mike Johnson for speaker in meeting with House Republicans
La., is expected to easily win his party's nomination for speaker in a closed-door meeting Wednesday, with a final vote set for January on the House floor.
The Latest: Republicans win House majority of 218 seats
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress Wednesday, ending an ethics probe into allegations of sex trafficking, sexual ...
Without Kamala Harris in the White House, Democrats look to Hakeem Jeffries
As Democrats lick their wounds after Kamala Harris' defeat to Donald Trump, all eyes are on Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
Pelosi on the House: Jeffries ‘Will Be Speaker’
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. shortly before some polls closed that the ...
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Pelosi on election expectations: ‘We will win the House, Hakeem will be speaker’
Election Day is here and votes are being counted in what is expected to be one of the closest elections in living memory. Amna Nawaz and Geoff Bennett sat down with former Speaker of the House Nancy ...
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Ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerges as dark horse candidate for Trump chief of staff role
WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy could lead a new house soon, The Post has learned. The ousted former speaker of the House ... chief of staff if he retakes the White House following the Nov. 5 ...
House, Senate GOP to consider new leadership as Trump administration approaches
House and Senate Republicans will huddle this week to select a new slate of leaders for the next year’s Congress, the first step towards legislating in the looming Trump administration. The ...
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Trump arrives at White House to meet with Biden as transition gets underway
President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Wednesday, a tradition between incoming and ...
Battle for control of US House is as close as White House race
Control of the U.S. House of Representatives could turn on just a handful of competitive congressional races across the ...
Republicans will maintain control of the House, AP projects, securing White House and both chambers of Congress
The majority will give President-elect Donald Trump a chance to enact his preferred policy agenda, but the slim margins in ...
Senate Republicans elect John Thune as their new leader, replacing Mitch McConnell
Thune, of South Dakota, beat out Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida in a secret ballot election to replace ...