At least one House Republican has said he will vote against Johnson. The speaker can lose only two GOP votes and still survive.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI),

Democrats won’t throw House Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline if his Republican colleagues turn against him again, says Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — still furious over last week’s botched

House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations.

Several House Republicans have objected to a stopgap measure that aims to prevent a government shutdown later this week.

There will be plenty of time – the entire rest of this year, in fact – to be merry and bright and make resolutions with the life expectancy of a mayfly. To happily bid farewell to 2024. In the meantime, please consider this column to be more like a preemptive Jan. 1, 2025, hangover.

A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?

A handful of conservative House Republicans were voicing concerns about Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to President-elect Trump even before last week’s government funding fiasco, multiple sources on

Johnson's push for a short-term government funding bill met louder resistance than usual from Republicans in the House.

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It's not a guarantee Mike Johnson will lose his job next Congress, but with a government shutdown looming days before Christmas, a challenge looks more likely.

Speaker Mike Johnson said he has spoken to Elon Musk and explained why he supports the government spending bill despite concerns regarding the deficit.