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Mike Johnson’s budget plan is at risk of collapse
The Senate is itching to move as the speaker struggles to unify House Republicans.Politico - 14h -
What the House GOP retreat revealed about Trump, Johnson, and the fragile majority
Speaking to the three top House Republican leaders over the past three days at the House GOP retreat here in Doral, Fla., revealed how President Trump is both the glue holding the fragile majority ...The Hill - 5d -
House Speaker to create another select committee on January 6 attack
House Speaker Mike Johnson has formed a select subcommittee to further investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, assaults on the U.S. Capitol, while Rep. Barry Loudermilk has released an interim report on the ...The Hill - 5d -
Alaska House urges Trump to retain Denali name
Alaska House members passed a resolution Monday urging President Trump not to rename Mount Denali to Mount Mckinley. Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office that undid a 2015 ...The Hill - Jan. 28 -
Watch live: The Hill's Emily Brooks interviews Mike Johnson at GOP retreat
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is sitting down Tuesday evening for a fireside chat hosted by The Hill's Emily Brooks. Johnson and House Republicans are gathering this week for their annual policy ...The Hill - Jan. 28 -
Speaker Johnson brushes aside economic concerns associated with ICE raids
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is brushing aside economic concerns associated with the raids that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have carried out in recent days, as Democrats ...The Hill - Jan. 27 -
Trump is ‘right to assess’ FEMA, House Speaker Johnson says
During a House GOP conference, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., addressed President Donald Trump’s decision to fire 18 inspectors general at various federal agencies and defended his controversial ...NBC News - Jan. 27 -
Mike Johnson defends Trump's aggressive start, declaring 'everything is on the table'
House Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s slew of controversial executive orders and actions, saying "everything is on the table."NBC News - Jan. 27 -
House Intel committee must remain focused, Mike Turner says
The former House Intel chair doesn't want the committee to spend all its energies on the "deep state."Politico - Jan. 26 -
Speaker Mike Johnson invites Trump to deliver address to Congress
House Speaker Mike Johnson invited President Donald Trump to deliver an address to Congress in March, a speech that would mark Trump's first joint address to Congress of his second term.NBC News - Jan. 25 -
Speaker Mike Johnson plans to look into Jan. 6 and its investigation committee
Many Republican lawmakers have said that they want to "look forward, not back" regarding Jan. 6 and President Trump's pardons. But House Speaker Mike Johnson said he plans to establish a ...CBS News - Jan. 24 -
Speaker Johnson says he didn't discourage panel from subpoenaing star Jan. 6 witness
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is denying any involvement in a Republican-led committee’s decision not to subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson, after The Washington Post reported Thursday that one of his ...The Hill - Jan. 23 -
Speaker Johnson on Trump's Jan. 6 pardons
House Speaker Mike Johnson commented on President Trump's Jan. 6 pardons as those affected begin to leave federal prisons. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.CBS News - Jan. 22 -
Speaker Johnson forms committee to probe Jan. 6, Democrats' original investigation
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 select ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Speaker Johnson won’t ‘second-guess’ Trump pardons of violent Jan. 6 rioters
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defended President Trump’s sweeping pardons of those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, including numerous people who violently attacked police officers. “The ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Full interview: New White House national security adviser Mike Waltz
"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan sat down with President Trump's pick for his national security adviser, former Rep. Mike Waltz, on Sunday, Jan. 19, for an extended interview about ...CBS News - Jan. 20 -
House Speaker Johnson: America is 'roaring back' with next Trump presidency
House Speaker Mike Johnson made remarks following the inauguration of President Donald Trump, saying America is “roaring back.”NBC News - Jan. 20 -
House Speaker Mike Johnson arrives for inauguration
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he's expecting "a lot" of executive orders as President-elect Trump takes office.NBC News - Jan. 20 -
Speaker Johnson: No better ‘dollar-for-dollar investment’ than Trump’s mass deportation plan
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) exclusively joins Meet the Press to voice support for President-elect Trump’s immigration plans despite concern over the cost.NBC News - Jan. 19 -
Speaker Johnson ‘won’t commit’ to disaster relief for California without conditions
In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says he cannot commit to disaster relief for California’s wildfires without strings attached, citing “foolish policy ...NBC News - Jan. 19 -
Speaker Johnson says ‘we will enforce the law’ as TikTok ban takes effect
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) says during an exclusive interview with Meet the Press that TikTok still poses a threat to the American people as President-elect Donald Trump promises to save it.NBC News - Jan. 19 -
Mike Johnson has a new headache in the narrowly divided House: From the Politics Desk
After Mike Johnson narrowly secured the speakership after a brief revolt from the right, he’s now drawing ire from the opposite wing of the Republican Party.NBC News - Jan. 16 -
Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request – live
House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with Trump. Here’s what Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, wrote on X about his decision to name th e ...The Guardian - Jan. 16 -
Speaker Johnson names Rick Crawford to replace Mike Turner atop Intel Committee
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, elevating the veteran panel member to the role after he removed Rep. Mike ...The Hill - Jan. 16 -
Speaker Johnson removes Mike Turner as House Intelligence Committee chairman
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has informed Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, he will no longer be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, according to a GOP leadership source and a Republican lawmaker ...NBC News - Jan. 16 -
From Mike McCarthy to Ben Johnson, sizing up the Bears' coaching candidates
The key for Chicago's next coach is to develop QB Caleb Williams, and some already have a relationship with him.ESPN - Jan. 16 -
Speaker Johnson removes Rep. Turner as House Intelligence chairman
Rep. Mike Turner said the House speaker cited "concerns from Mar-a-Lago," which Mike Johnson denied.CBS News - Jan. 15 -
Johnson removes Mike Turner as House Intelligence chair
The Ohio Republican has been an outspoken advocate for Ukraine funding and other hawkish national security stances.Politico - Jan. 15 -
Texas House elects new Speaker in blow to far-right wing
The Texas House on Tuesday elected state Rep. Dustin Burrows (R) to lead the chamber in a blow to the rising far-right wing of the party, defeating a candidate supported by Texas Attorney General ...The Hill - Jan. 14 -
Minnesota state House Democrats walk out in effort to block GOP speaker vote
Minnesota’s Democratic state representatives walked out Tuesday, failing to show up for the first day of the legislative session to deny the state House a quorum amid a fight over how to manage a ...NBC News - Jan. 14 -
Transcript: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Jan. 12, 2025
The following is the full transcript of an interview with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that aired on Jan. 12, 2025.CBS News - Jan. 12 -
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says U.S. should "allow legitimate refugees to come here"
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who has a new documentary airing on PBS, "Coming to America," that examines how nine remarkable American immigrants have shaped our country's history, tells ...CBS News - Jan. 12 -
Will the ‘real’ Speaker Johnson please stand up?
Given the GOP’s razor-thin House majority, no one can be certain what the Speaker can and will do in 2025.The Hill - Jan. 12 -
Gingrich predicts Johnson will be Speaker for six years
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is predicting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will remain in the top job for six years. The forecast from Gingrich — who wielded the gavel from 1995 to 1999 — ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Speaker Mike Johnson maintains House transgender bathroom ban
Speaker Mike Johnson maintained a policy that will bar transgender people from using single-sex facilities that align with their gender identities in the House.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Mike Johnson remembers Jimmy Carter's remarkable life in eulogy
House Speaker Mike Johnson delivered a eulogy for former President Jimmy Carter at a funeral service at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. He reflected on Carter's roots in Georgia, his Naval service, ...CBS News - Jan. 7 -
Speaker Johnson: ‘Intention’ is to increase debt limit in massive Trump agenda bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a massive party-line bill that they are crafting that will encapsulate ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Mike Johnson lays out ambitious strategy to pass Trump's agenda in 'one big, beautiful bill'
Speaker Mike Johnson's plan to pass most of Donald Trump's agenda in one, big reconciliation bill faces major hurdles.NBC News - Jan. 6 -
Jaguars head-coaching candidates: Ben Johnson, Mike Vrabel headline potential replacements for Doug Pederson
Who could be on Jacksonville's radar?CBS Sports - Jan. 6