3 days ago · Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump during a House Republicans retreat at Trump National Doral in Miami on Monday. ... He trailed behind Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White ...

In 2019, during the first impeachment of Donald Trump, Johnson defended Trump and told White House officials to ignore Congressional subpoenas as "legitimate executive privilege in legal immunity". [166] He served as a member of Trump's legal defense team during both the 2019 and 2021 Senate impeachment trials, each of which resulted in ...

3 days ago · (He was reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022.) He entered Congress in the same election that elevated Republican Donald Trump to the White House. Johnson soon became a member of the president’s inner circle, regularly joining the entourage that flew with the president on Air Force One.

Jan 4, 2025 · • Speaker chosen: Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by President-elect Donald Trump, but he’ll face a big...

Speaker Mike Johnson told NBC News this evening that House Republicans will move a budget resolution in “early January” and start crafting party-line legislation to advance Trump’s agenda.

6 days ago · In America, we proclaim the self-evident truths that all of us are created equal and granted by God the same inherent freedoms, such as the natural and unalienable rights to life, liberty, conscience, free speech and the free exercise of religion, and the ability to pursue happiness, own property, build wealth and defend ourselves and our families.

Jan 3, 2025 · WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson won back his job for another term on Friday after a nail-biter finish and now has the daunting task of trying to unify a fractured but potentially...

Jan 4, 2025 · Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election to the top post in the House, salvaging his job in a dramatic last-minute turnabout by putting down a revolt from conservatives who initially voted...

Jan 3, 2025 · Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday won re-election to the top post in the House, salvaging his job in a dramatic last-minute turnabout by putting down a revolt from conservatives who initially voted ...

Feb 27, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was confronted from all sides on government funding and Ukraine aid during a White House meeting with President Biden and fellow congressional leaders on Tuesday. Why it matters: The House is the primary sticking point in Congress' ability to head off a partial government shutdown set to begin March 1.