House Speaker Mike Johnson will hold onto his position as head of the chamber after Republicans cast their votes in his favor. President-elect Donald Trump threw his support behind Johnson.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Speaker-designate Mike Johnson, R-La., was re-elected to lead the House of Representatives on Friday, according to FOX News. Johnson won the vote during the first round of voting despite opposition from some of his own GOP colleagues.

In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson to lead the 119th Congress by a razor-thin margin. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican who ascended to the leadership post in 2023 after the historic ouster of Kevin McCarthy,

Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

Mike Johnson was re-elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, receiving 218 votes. His main rival, the Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, received 215 votes. Initially, Johnson did not have the required majority,