House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed openness to backing the bipartisan Senate effort to ratchet up the sanctions against Russia, blasting its leader, Vladimir Putin, for being unreasonable.

Johnson, 51, was the fourth candidate to be nominated in the 22 days following McCarthy’s departure. Getty Images. In its first order of business with Johnson as speaker, the House passed a ...

Mike Johnson is officially the 56th House speaker. Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., 85 years old and dean of the U.S. House, ... Johnson taking photos with GOP colleagues.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R., La.) on Wednesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) In a massive display of unity following three weeks of GOP fracture, Rep. Mike Johnson (R., La.) didn’t lose a single ...

House Republicans applaud as Rep. Mike Johnson is elected speaker of the House at the Capitol on Oct. 25, 2023. Win McNamee/Getty Images ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s fate may well depend on whether he can stay in President-elect Donald Trump’s good graces. With the funding deadline looming and his speakership on the line ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a history of harsh anti-gay language from his time as an attorney for a socially conservative legal group in the mid-2000s. ... Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Mike Johnson, a political unknown outside of Washington, became House speaker and ascended to the top job in just one day. Here's how he did it. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

Johnson needs just a simple majority in Wednesday's closed-door voting to win the GOP nomination to become speaker. But he will need majority support of the full House, 218 votes, to actually take ...

After weeks of uncertainty, House Republicans elected Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, a conservative Christian who opposes abortion rights and same-sex marriages, to become House speaker. While his ...

When Representative Mike Johnson of Louisiana wanted to make the case against abortion rights last year during a Capitol Hill committee hearing, he grilled a witness in graphic fashion.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, ... gutting the federal workforce and a more muscular U.S. image abroad.