Trump’s big Mike Johnson decision - POLITICO
15 hours ago · After the House passed a shutdown-averting spending bill Friday, a very relieved Speaker Mike Johnson proclaimed to reporters that President-elect Donald Trump was “certainly happy about this ...
Shutdown saga exposes new fault lines for Speaker Mike Johnson …
2 days ago · Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters after passing the funding bill to avert the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. ... President-elect Donald Trump points to Elon Musk in Notre Dame Cathedral as France’s iconic cathedral is formally reopening its doors for the first time since a ...
Chaotic scramble to avert shutdown highlights challenges ahead for Johnson
2 days ago · After a chaotic week in which House Speaker Mike Johnson found himself at odds, at different times, with President-elect Donald Trump, hardline conservatives and minority Democrats, he returned to ...
Johnson on shaky ground with Trump after spending fiasco
3 days ago · The collapse of Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending plan illustrates a painful lesson that other politicians have already learned: Absolute loyalty to Donald Trump is a one-way street.
Donald Trump predicts Mike Johnson will 'easily remain speaker' …
4 days ago · President-elect Donald Trump predicted that House Speaker Mike Johnson would "easily" hold onto the gavel if he course-corrects on the government funding package that has plunged Republicans into ...
How a schism between Trump and Johnson sent the government …
3 days ago · President-elect Donald Trump has long supported House Speaker Mike Johnson — hosting him on election night, bringing him to the Army-Navy college football game last weekend and backing him ...
House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, …
4 days ago · The House has resoundingly rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s new plan to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown. Democrats and some Republicans are refusing to accommodate his sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by Republican leaders. In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis ...
Speaker Johnson appears to confirm a ‘secret’ election plan with Trump …
Oct 29, 2024 · House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to confirm Donald Trump’s claim Sunday that Republicans have a “secret” plan to win the election. “By definition, a secret is not to be shared — and I don’t...
Trump endorses Mike Johnson for speaker in meeting with …
Nov 14, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A triumphant President-elect Donald Trump huddled with House Republicans before their leadership elections Wednesday and threw his support behind Speaker Mike Johnson, a key...
Speaker Mike Johnson meets with Trump and gets his praise …
Apr 12, 2024 · With his job in jeopardy, House Speaker Mike Johnson paid a visit to Florida on Friday to meet with the one man who could save his precarious speakership: former President Donald Trump.