The Hill4d
Live updates: Mike Johnson wins Speakership on first ballot after 2 ‘no’ votes flip
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) succeeded in keeping his gavel for the 119th Congress, winning in the House’s Speakership vote in one round Friday. Johnson, who had a one-vote margin of error, won ...
The Hill4d
Mike Johnson clinches Speakership in stunning first ballot
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did ...
New York Magazine4d
The Real Speaker Isn’t Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson is Speaker of the House. For now. After a handful of hard-right Republicans held out on Friday, he was reelected, winning them over not with his own personal charm but with the muscle ...
CNN6d
Speaker Johnson will oversee narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years
Speaker Mike Johnson faces a major challenge in the new Congress: the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years. In a dramatic turn of events, Johnson managed to retain the gavel in a single ...
CNN6d
Johnson allies warn that a speakership battle could delay Trump’s victory certification
House Speaker Mike Johnson’s allies are leaning into a key argument in a bid to avoid a chaotic floor fight over the gavel on Friday: A vote against Johnson could delay the finalization of ...
New York Magazine5d
Johnson Wins Reelection As Speaker After Initially Failing on First Ballot
House Speaker Mike Johnson initially failed to win reelection on the first ballot taken among the members of the 119th Congress on January 3. Johnson lost three Republican votes, from Kentucky’s ...
Business Insider5d
I went inside biohacking tech bro Bryan Johnson's home. It's a bit different from what you saw on his new Netflix doc.
It follows Bryan Johnson, or "that guy" in longevity, the tech founder who's tried pretty much everything — from fasting to infusing his son's blood plasma — to reverse-age his body.
ABC News4d
Johnson wins dramatic reelection as speaker after 2 GOP hard-liners switch votes
The Republican holdouts changed their votes after calls from Donald Trump. In some high-stakes political drama, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to reelect House Speaker Mike Johnson ...
Fox News4d
Speaker Johnson faces year of tight votes and acrimony: 'A lot of expectations'
While the high-stakes fight to lead the House of Representatives is over, Speaker Mike Johnson’s politically perilous year is just beginning. Winning the speaker’s gavel was no easy feat ...
Yahoo4d
Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead
With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker’s gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up the phone. From the golf course Friday afternoon, he spoke to Reps.
Wall Street Journal4d
House Speaker Vote Updates: Mike Johnson Elected on First Ballot—After Trump Intervenes
This live coverage event has concluded. For the latest updates, visit wsj.com. Mike Johnson was re-elected House speaker on the first ballot after some late drama, with President-elect Donald ...
Newsweek2d
Ewan Palmer
Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is reporting on US politics, domestic policy and the courts. He joined Newsweek in February 2018 after spending several ...