Under the new rules package, which cleared the lower chamber in a near-party-line vote, 215-209, a motion to vacate the chair will require a minimum of nine members of the speaker’s same party backing the effort in order to receive a vote.

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

The U.S. House will vote for House Speaker to begin the 119th Congress on Friday and Rep. Mike Johnson has no margin for error if he is going to retain the gavel.

Congress returned Friday, voting to reelect House speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican holdouts changed their votes.

Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to make it a lot harder for his colleagues to get rid of him. House Republicans unveiled a new set of rules Wednesday that ... about merging Canada with the United States because ‘we don’t want Trudeau ...

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are holding their fire despite Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) bucking their preferred strategy for passing President-elect Trump’s agenda, arguing

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., was the only Republican to vote against Johnson in the end, after Reps. Keith Self, R-Texas and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., initially voted for someone else but then switched their support to the Republican leader.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., voted for Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, voted for Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla.

Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election to the top post in the House, salvaging his job in a dramatic last-minute turnabout by putting down a revolt from conservatives. He won with just enough votes to clinch the gavel, 218 to 215, but the vote reflected the steep challenge he faces in governing a slim and fractious majority. Read more ›

Shortly after 2 p.m., with the vote for House speaker hanging in the balance, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sent out ... Congress elected from U.S. states are eligible to vote for speaker. Speaker Mike Johnson walked off the floor as ...

The change offers some breathing room for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) as he enters his first full term as speaker.

House Republicans are fast-tracking a dozen bills to the floor, several which would allow Donald Trump to broaden his mass deportation operation.