Jan 03 Watch 5:26 Johnson retains speakership, faces narrow GOP majority to implement Trump’s agenda By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Ian Couzens It was a dramatic beginning to the 119th Congress as Republicans prepare for unified control in Washington. Despite a handful of initial holdouts, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was re-elected speaker on the first ballot. He will now have to… Continue watching
Jan 03 Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic first-round floor vote By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Republican Mike Johnson won reelection to the House speakership on a first ballot Friday, pushing past GOP hard-right holdouts and buoyed with a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jan 03 WATCH: House begins new term and reelects Johnson as speaker after GOP standoff By Associated Press Johnson was able to flip two remaining hardline GOP holdouts who switched to support him, drawing applause from Republicans. Continue reading
Jan 02 Johnson’s bid to remain House speaker could be a struggle despite Trump’s support By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The Louisiana Republican’s hold on the House speaker's gavel and his position as second in line to the presidency will be tested Friday when a new Congress convenes. Continue reading
Dec 30 Trump endorses House Speaker Johnson to stay after government budget turmoil By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Trump said Monday in a post on his social media network that Johnson "is a good, hard working, religious man" and said the Louisiana Republican "will do the right thing, and we will continue to WIN."… Continue reading
Dec 20 WATCH: House approves funding bill, sends to Senate hours before shutdown deadline By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown, Associated Press Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump's demands for a debt limit increase… Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 5:52 Here’s what was in the rejected GOP proposal to avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat, Kyle Midura, Taylor Bowie House Republicans are pushing a new proposal tonight to avoid a government shutdown in an effort to meet President-elect Trump’s last-minute spending demands. It's all unfolding after Trump rejected the original bill earlier this week with billionaire Elon Musk leading… Continue watching
Dec 19 Government shutdown looms as Speaker Johnson struggles to meet Trump’s demands By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, Associated Press Trump said early Thursday that Johnson will "easily remain speaker" for the next Congress if he "acts decisively and tough" in coming up with a new plan to also increase the debt limit, a stunning request just before the Christmas… Continue reading
Dec 18 Watch 5:56 Trump tells GOP to reject funding bill that would avoid a government shutdown By Lisa Desjardins, Shrai Popat Not even 24 hours after congressional leaders released a 1,500-page bill that would keep the government funded for the next three months, the threat of a shutdown at the end of this week is back. Republicans in Congress are being… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch 5:28 House speaker says potentially damning ethics report on Matt Gaetz should not be released By Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura President-elect Donald Trump continues to stock his future cabinet with high-profile choices. He tapped one of his rivals in the presidential primary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, for interior secretary. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has more on how Burgum might… Continue watching