Louisiana Congressman Mike Johnson of Shreveport was re-elected to the top job as speaker of the U.S. House on the first ballot Friday in a dramatic spectacle after two Republicans changed their votes ...

With about six weeks to go before the government shuts down, House Republicans are still bickering over how best to spend ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as their speaker for the 119th Congress, following weeks of speculation about whether the GOP would begin ...

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after his initial vote tally came up short. During the first round of voting, House representatives weren't ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana officials are praising Representative Mike Johnson (R-La.) following his reelection as Speaker of the House on Friday. Johnson, the 56th Speaker ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson got a taste of what life in the 119th Congress will be like as he wrestles with a historically narrow majority.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of ... Jimmy Carter for one day. Johnson, who was reelected to the top job in Congress with Trump's backing, issued the order at the president-elect's request. Johnson, ...

The Louisiana Republican has the support of ... point as he prepared to hand the speaker’s gavel to Republican Rep. Mike Johnson. As Democrats applauded loudly, some Republicans chuckled that ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R, Ky.) has cast the first Republican vote against Mike Johnson. Massie said ahead of the session Friday that he planned to vote against the Louisiana Republican, instead ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- In October 2023, it was an event unlike any other in Louisiana political history. An event KTBS examines in an ongoing celebration — remembering major milestones covered ...

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was narrowly reelected as House speaker on Friday, Jan. 3, after his initial vote tally came up short. During the first round of voting, House representatives weren't ...