Mike Johnson elected speaker of US House as Trump's Republicans unite behind him
By Bo Erickson, Richard Cowan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday in a lengthy vote that highlighted persistent divisions among Donald Trump's Republicans on Capitol Hill.
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Mike Johnson re-elected Speaker of the House after Trump puts the squeeze on pair of GOP holdouts
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was re-elected to another term in the House after two Republican dissenters flipped last minute in a floor vote on Friday — with President-elect Donald Trump
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Live Updates: Johnson wins the battle for House speaker as holdouts relent
Keep up with live updates from the USA TODAY Network. When is the House speaker vote? The House is set to vote around noon as it selects the speaker for the 119th Congress. Who is
Why the speaker vote should still worry Mike Johnson
Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially reelected on the first ballot,
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Johnson could face difficulty in passing President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, according to political analysts.
Iowa's 4 US House members vote to reelect Mike Johnson as speaker. Here's what they said:
Johnson won the vote for speaker 218-215, holding onto the job he was first elected to in October 2023 after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted.
Mike Johnson wins dramatic speaker vote, is sworn in to lead House. Here’s how the day unfolded.
Two Republican representatives that initially did not vote for Johnson made a last-minute switch to support him and avoid a ...
Why Trump has so much riding on the House speaker vote
Trump offered an unequivocal endorsement of Johnson on his Truth Social network on Friday, implying that a failure to return ...
Republicans start 2025 with the smallest House majority since 1931
The GOP’s tiny majority in the House of Representatives could pose a challenge for Speaker Mike Johnson and test the ...
See how every US House member voted for speaker
Three Republican lawmakers voted against Johnson for speaker on Friday, though the vote tally has not been finalized yet. A ...
What you need to know about the House speaker election
The 119th Congress will begin on Friday, ushering in a new era of Republican control in Washington that will start with a ...
Trump endorses Mike Johnson for House speaker ahead of high-stakes vote for the gavel set for later this week
President-elect Donald Trump endorsed Mike Johnson for House speaker on Monday following a fight over government funding ...
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Who could challenge Johnson for Speaker of the House to push the Trump agenda through Congress?
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... As of now, Johnson is the only official speaker candidate, in part thanks to Turmp’s endorsement.