The first test will come Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections that will establish the new power centers for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

Speaker Mike Johnson has won the support of enough Republicans to stand as their candidate for the gavel in January.

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

Republicans have won enough seats to control the House of Representatives, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on both chambers of Congress and the White House. Republicans gained control of the Senate last week.

President-elect Donald Trump backs Mike Johnson for speaker as party works to head off internal drama.

Voters have given the once-fractured House GOP a second chance at leading by delivering Republicans another razor-thin House majority in the 2024 elections

President-elect Trump is in DC today meeting with House Republicans before heading over to the White House to meet with President Biden.

House Republicans are set to hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon following President-elect Trump’s visit to Capitol Hill. The GOP is likely to be taking a victory lap, as House Republicans swept races for the White House,

Republicans will keep control of the House of Representatives, giving President-elect Donald Trump’s party a powerful trifecta of control over the White House and both chambers of Congress. NBC News and CBS News projected Republicans' razor-thin majority on Wednesday with the GOP picking up at least 218 seats to Democrats' 211.