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 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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Speaker's chair has been vacant since Kevin McCarthy was ousted on October 3.

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.”

After much ado, the GOP made their choice – a leading figure in the Republican attempt to overturn the 2020 election – but he faces the same bind as his ...

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 ...