The new committee will further seek to divert blame from Donald Trump for the riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the viewing area in Emancipation Hall following the 2025 Presidential Inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol. Standing behind Trump are from left, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., his wife, Kelly Johnson, House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La. and his wife, Jennifer Scalise.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has maintained that any relief aid for California and Los Angeles is likely to require policy review first.
Mike Johnson said Congress will be "looking" into former President Joe Biden's pardons for his family shortly after defending Donald Trump's Jan. 6 pardons.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport was backed by President-elect Trump to retain the top job in Congress.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he “won’t commit” to providing aid without conditions to the flame-engulfed region of Los Angeles County.
The alliance between Speaker Mike Johnson and President-elect Donald Trump may prove to be the most important relationship in Washington.
Johnson sent shockwaves around Capitol Hill when he decided to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio — a staunch NATO supporter who has aggressively pushed for U.S. aid to Ukraine — as chair of the House Intelligence Committee and replace him with Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., a conservative who voted against the most recent Ukraine aid package.
Critics said the removal erodes congressional oversight and advances the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Speaker Mike Johnson is remaking the House Intelligence Committee in Donald Trump’s image, a shakeup with immense implications as the president-elect returns to power. The sea change on the ...
When I asked Speaker Mike Johnson about Senate Majority Leader John Thune at a POLITICO Live event Tuesday, he was quick to praise the South Dakotan as a “principled” and “experienced ...