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.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI),
Several House Republicans have objected to a stopgap measure that aims to prevent a government shutdown later this week.
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.
Speaker Mike Johnson was optimistic about his future as the House GOP's leader. Now, facing a party backlash, that optimism is gone.
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.
Johnson's push for a short-term government funding bill met louder resistance than usual from Republicans in the House.
It’s not clear how many lawmakers are considering an alternative to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in January 2025, but one House Republican said a fight is “almost certain."
Conservative lawmakers speak out against a government spending measure released at the last minute ahead of a looming partial government shutdown deadline
Speaker Mike Johnson said he has spoken to Elon Musk and explained why he supports the government spending bill despite concerns regarding the deficit.
House Republicans and their real leader, Donald Trump, are furious with Johnson over the government funding mess that unfolded last week. Multibillionaire Elon Musk and Trump scuttled a deal Johnson made with Democrats to fund the government for three months, threatening a government shutdown just before the holidays.