House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach calling plays on their legislative priorities.

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out the timeline for a reconciliation bill during an appearance on a Sunday morning news show.

Trump directs Speaker Johnson to combine border, tax & energy plans into a single bill, reshaping the GOP's 2025 legislative strategy.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threw House Speaker Mike Johnson a political lifeline by endorsing the Louisiana Republican ahead of a House vote to elect a new speaker.

The House will vote at noon Friday to select a speaker. Johnson is expected to win nearly all Republican votes, but just a handful of GOP defections could be enough to stop him.

President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his support for Mike Johnson with a post on Truth Social on Friday morning, saying “Good luck today for Speaker Mike Johnson, a fine man of great ability, who is very close to having 100% support.

President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson to hold onto the gavel, writing that Johnson has his “Complete & Total Endorsement.”

Johnson, a Republican from north Louisiana, is pushing a single bill using a parliamentary maneuver called “budget reconciliation,” challenging the two-bill strategy pursued by a pair of Senate Republicans, Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

Speaker Mike Johnson was sitting inside Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Day, talking legislative strategy with President-elect Donald Trump, when the conversation turned to the troublesome conservative hardliners who might trip up the Republican agenda — and one in particular, Rep. Chip Roy.

After an initial burst of drama, the House voted to give Speaker Mike Johnson another term as the GOP prepares to take total control of Washington.

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday gave his blessing to Mike Johnson in the pending race for House speaker, according to social media.