Johnson faced an uphill battle in maintaining the speaker's gavel and didn't manage to secure the votes he needed in an initial round of voting Friday.

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The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

As a matter of fact, it came just a few hours before midnight. But, last week, the House of Representatives acted…avoiding a federal government shutdown. The last-minute vote wasn’t a total surprise, ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson, providing crucial backing for the Louisiana ...

Johnson tried to placate Trump by bringing up a slimmed-down, 116-page version of the bill on Thursday. It included disaster ...

President Biden has signed legislation passed by Congress on Friday to prevent a government shutdown, as questions shift to ...