Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a news conference on the government shutdown on Oct. 8, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suggested that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had failed the Republican Party by refusing to open the House of Representatives for legislative business during ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is likely hoping that this week goes better for him than last week, when one of the senior leaders in his caucus called him a “political novice” and some of ...

Congressional Republicans do not often love their leaders. They booted former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023 and replaced him with the then-nearly unknown Mike Johnson. Now Johnson faces a ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson attends the Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, DC, on Dec. 2, 2025. Credit - Graeme Sloan—Bloomberg via Getty Images This article is part of The D.C.

President Donald Trump declared last week that House Speaker Mike Johnson “has been a fantastic speaker,” making it clear that he considers Johnson to be one of his most important subordinates. Trump ...