Mike Johnson is a fairly known name in American politics. He currently serves as the 56th speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A lawyer by profession, he assumed the position in 2023 after former speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the office.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has maintained that any relief aid for California and Los Angeles is likely to require policy review first.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport was backed by President-elect Trump to retain the top job in Congress.
In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.
Mike Johnson said Biden has not "been in charge for some time" and even at a 2022 meeting, the president was unaware what was in his own executive order.
Johnson also blasted California’s Democratic leadership, saying, "It appears to us that state and local leaders were derelict in their duty."
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.
Mike Johnson finds himself in a politically tricky predicament. The House speaker, who has been tasked with tearing apart Democrats’ 2022 climate law, attempted to first reap its rewards.
President Donald Trump answered questions at a press availability on a range of topics following a White House meeting with top congressional Republicans.
The House speaker opposed the Inflation Reduction Act and has vowed to roll it back. But he's quietly urging the EPA to give his district a grant funded by the law.
The House speaker asked the agency last year to send cash from the Democrats' 2022 climate law to his district. Republicans are seeking to repeal large
Around this time two years ago, as the Republican majority in the House got to work, among the earliest priorities for the party was a new, GOP-friendly investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The endeavor would be led by Loudermilk, who faced some awkward questions about a controversial Capitol tour the day before the riot.