Is Mike Johnson a More Impressive Speaker Than Nancy Pelosi?
House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is successfully navigating his historically slim House majority—a feat ...
Speaker Johnson unveils bill to fund the government through September 30
House Speaker Mike Johnson formally unveiled plans on Saturday for a government funding stopgap through September 30 — a ...
Speaker Mike Johnson unveils funding bill one week before potential shutdown
The stopgap measure would keep the government funded through Sept. 30. But Democratic leaders are opposed, and it’s unclear ...
Speaker Johnson says censure of Rep. Al Green for Trump disruptions is a 'sad day' for Congress
House Republicans and Democrats voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, on Thursday for disrupting President Trump's joint ...
Trump’s presidency moves into a new phase with a critical test of his power in Congress
Donald Trump’s second presidency will take a novel path this week as he turns to Congress to enshrine part of his effort to ...
House GOP passes spending bill, sending plan to avert government shutdown to Senate
The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The ...
'Partisan and divisive': House leadership disagrees on reception of Trump's joint address
As Washington sought on Wednesday to make sense of President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress, House Republicans saw ...
Speaker Johnson tells GOP lawmakers to skip town halls after an onslaught of protests
House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.
Trump speech to Congress: Trump airs familiar grievances in address before Congress
President Donald Trump is scheduled on Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, as his second administration moves to ...
Opinion
In the government shutdown battle, Chuck Schumer underestimated Mike Johnson
Johnson is often thought of as the accidental speaker. And it’s true that he was pulled out of quasi-obscurity after the caucus took down his predecessor Kevin McCarthy just 17 months ago. At the time ...
Congress averts a shutdown — but Democratic divisions ensue: 5 takeaways
The Senate approved a House GOP-crafted spending bill hours before the shutdown deadline Friday evening, capping off the first funding fight of President Trump’s second term — a saga that ripped ...