At least one House Republican has said he will vote against Johnson. The speaker can lose only two GOP votes and still survive.

President-elect Donald Trump predicted that Speaker Mike Johnson would “easily” hold onto the speaker’s gavel if he course-corrects on the government spending package that sent

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fate may well depend on whether he can stay in President-elect Donald Trump’s good graces.

A Republican congressman is speaking out in support of Mike Johnson as some colleagues continue to question the House Speaker's motives over the spending bill.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., right and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, are listen during a U.S. Capitol Hanukkah event with a ceremonial Menorah lighting to commemorate the upcoming eight-day festival of Hanukkah on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

President-elect Donald Trump sided with Elon Musk in his opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson 's bill to temporarily fund the government as Congress scrambles to pass a spending bill with only two days before the deadline to avoid a shutdown.

President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to the Army-Navy college football game last weekend and backing him privately despite conservative complaints about the House’s actions.

The figure suggests that Trump will struggle to make any significant changes to the program without alienating his supporters.

Without further ado, here they are: words worth revisiting. Words worth keeping. Their forebears appeared in the Best Sentences of 2023. I’ll start rounding up their descendants in 2025. Meantime, happy reading — and Happy New Year.

For the first time in U.S. history, a Florida man has won election as President of the United States. While Trump in his first term from 2017 to 2021 often treated Mar-a-Lago as his Winter White House, this election marked the first time he built and ran a political campaign headquartered in Palm Beach County.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The future of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could be in jeopardy in the new year. House Republicans will have a razor-thin majority when lawmakers are sworn in Jan. 3. Their first vote will be electing a leader, and there are already some signs Speaker Johnson could face a challenge.