House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-step plan to keep the government open beyond November 17 will face a major hurdle on the House floor this week, a critical moment for the new speaker who is ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) opted to expedite his stopgap funding proposal on Nov. 14 to avert a government shutdown, despite hard-right concerns.

Martin, who Trump tried and failed to make head of the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, is now serving in a number of roles in ...

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal to fund the government is facing serious pushback from a handful of ultraconservative lawmakers, setting up yet another showdown within the ...

Mike Johnson is again staring down a government shutdown — and his conference. The House speaker is juggling competing demands from his members while trying to strike a deal to keep the ...

Speaker Johnson unveils new plan to avoid government shutdown 05:23. Washington — With an end-of-month deadline to avert a government shutdown approaching, House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is hoping to avert a government shutdown next week by peeling off enough Democratic support for a funding bill without the spending cuts that hardline GOPers are demanding ...

While House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) may have yet again avoided a government shutdown, his speakership may be on the line with some Republicans already refusing to commit to supporting him come ...

Representative Mike Johnson unified House Republicans to vote for him as the new speaker. ... "He has the task ahead of him to not only try to avert a government shutdown, ...

WASHINGTON — Newly minted Speaker Mike Johnson has pitched House Republicans on a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown next month while they hammer out a longer-term solution.