The U.S. House of Representatives will decide Jan. 3 whether to reelect Speaker Mike Johnson to the top GOP job after he faced a contentious vote to avert a government shutdown at the last-minute last week,

There are 11 days to go before the House chooses its speaker for the 119th Congress, and by all accounts, incumbent Mike Johnson is far from a shoo-in.

Democrats won’t throw House Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline if his Republican colleagues turn against him again, says Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — still furious over last week’s botched

House Speaker Mike Johnson will have to work the phones over the holidays in a bid to avoid losing the gavel in January after some hard-right lawmakers denounced his handling of recent spending negotiations.

There will be plenty of time – the entire rest of this year, in fact – to be merry and bright and make resolutions with the life expectancy of a mayfly. To happily bid farewell to 2024. In the meantime, please consider this column to be more like a preemptive Jan. 1, 2025, hangover.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) notched a major win Friday by averting a government shutdown, but it has not taken him out of the woods in his fight to retain the speaker's gavel on Jan. 3. Why it matters: Johnson will likely be able to bank just one GOP defection and still win.

Some House Republican allies of Speaker Mike Johnson want President-elect Trump to speak out in support of the Louisiana Republican.

Several House Republicans have objected to a stopgap measure that aims to prevent a government shutdown later this week.

A historically unproductive Congress ends with a House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. Will the 119th Congress fare better?

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It's not a guarantee Mike Johnson will lose his job next Congress, but with a government shutdown looming days before Christmas, a challenge looks more likely.

House members are expected to vote on the new speaker when they return from the holidays on January 3. Once the speaker is confirmed, the lawmakers will officially be sworn into office, and then vote on January 6 to certify the 2024 election results.