After Mike Johnson narrowly secured the speakership after a brief revolt from the right, he’s now drawing ire from the opposite wing of the Republican Party.
The energy drink Celsius is omnipresent on Capitol Hill, where even speaker of the House Mike Johnson maintains his own stash.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select
The House GOP majority was already tiny. As a Florida Republican resigns to join Team Trump, the party's troubles just got a little worse.
Out went Turner (R-Ohio), a brash, prickly defense hawk who had been elevated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and had become an internal headache for Johnson due to what many saw as his hamfisted handling of a divisive intraparty debate over surveillance powers.
One of the men pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol visited the Capitol Wednesday night to meet with lawmakers.
In choosing Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has tapped a veteran conservative with “America First” leanings to steer one of the
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday, days after his lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Trump. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison in May 2023 for seditious conspiracy in one of the longest sentences for crimes related to the Jan.
The House speaker announced that the flags on the Hill will be raised for Trump’s inauguration and lowered the following day to honor the death of Jimmy Carter.
WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said he selected Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., to serve as the next chairman of the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, one day after Johnson made the stunning decision to oust Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, from the role.
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.
Rhodes was found guilty of orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the US Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.