Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) left open the possibility of enabling President-elect Trump to appoint his Cabinet by recess appointment, bypassing the need for approval from the Senate.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday left the door open ... a question about whether he’d be willing to let Trump use the recess appointment process, rather than the traditional Senate ...

The House prepares for a crucial meeting on Trump's bill, with key issues like Medicaid and tax deductions still in debate ...

There’s where the real trouble with a mass recess-appointments scheme would arise. When the new administration and Congress take office in January, House Speaker Mike Johnson is going to have an ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Reps ... elect Trump issued a pre-emptive demand that his own party let him make recess appointments, “without which we will not be able to get people confirmed ...

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President Trump met with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other Republican lawmakers to talk about the details Monday. “Even more exiting now we have the congressional elements of things ...

The opposition of a pair of right-wing lawmakers who are pressing for deeper spending cuts appeared to be enough, at least ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday did not commit to ... Johnson noted that before Congress went on recess, the day before Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida, Congress appropriated ...