Republicans look to defang motion to oust House speaker in new rules package
House GOP leadership is angling to diminish the motion used to oust a speaker in order to avoid a repeat of the mutiny against Kevin McCarthy that crippled the lower chamber for some three weeks
Johnson tells House Republicans that Trump wants one ‘big beautiful’ reconciliation package
Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump wants one reconciliation package, instead of the planned two that Republican leadership has been pushing, three people in the room told POLITICO.
House Speaker Mike Johnson's victory came with a warning from hardline Republicans
WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel for another two years on Friday – along with a warning. Nine GOP lawmakers at first either abstained from voting for Johnson or voted for another person for speaker.
House passes rules package that will raise threshold for motion to vacate speaker — after re-electing Johnson
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.
3 Things Mike Johnson’s Win in the Speaker Election Says About House Republicans
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s win came as a result of a rare display of GOP unity and President-elect Donald Trump’s political power. It remains to be seen whether it will continue into his next term.
GOP are ‘miles ahead’ of where we were before the House speaker vote, Texas rep says
Texas, breaks down the details of Mike Johnson’s battle of getting re-elected as House speaker.
House Dems vow to fight for voting rights, Social Security & Medicare as GOP speaker is reelected
Mike Johnson has been re-elected as House speaker after some late GOP vote switches. Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) joins The ReidOut on using today’s vote on House speaker to address the lack of voter representation for American citizens who live in U.
Trump's Republicans reelect Mike Johnson US House Speaker despite dissent
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson was reelected to the chamber's top job on Friday by a razor-thin margin that highlighted potential fissures among President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Capitol Hill.
House votes for rules to make ousting a speaker more difficult
The House of Representatives has adopted new rules that would make it harder to trigger a vote to oust a speaker. House lawmakers voted along party lines to set the chamber's rules for the 119th Congress.
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Judge rejects Trump's motion to dismiss hush money case, sets sentencing for Jan. 10
The judge said the president-elect can appear in person or virtually as he rejected Trump's motion to toss out his New York criminal case.
Golden Globes 2025: The Brutalist Takes Home the Best Motion Picture Drama; Director Reveals He Was Told Movie 'Wouldn't Work'
Despite facing challenges in production early on, The Brutalist wins Best Motion Picture Drama at the Golden Globes 2025. Read on to know the director Brady Corbet's heartfelt acceptance speech.
ACLU files emergency motion with Idaho Supreme Court amid public defender shortage
The ACLU of Idaho is seeking the release of defendants lacking legal representation amid turmoil in the state’s public ...