The GOP House Speaker referenced speculation about his future and the outsized influence Musk appeared to wield this week.

Mike Johnson’s hold on the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives has been tenuous almost since the day he was elected.

The clock is ticking on a government shutdown after House Republicans failed to pass a stopgap funding bill late Thursday. Speaking to reporters early Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said "we've got a plan.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to prevent a government shutdown after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. The vote failed to pass.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is "grateful" for the bipartisan passage of the government funding bill that will help avert a shutdown and keep the government funded until March.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) averted a government shutdown, but the days-long rollercoaster as the leaders cycled through multiple plans leaves serious questions about how the Speaker will manage the House GOP under President-elect Trump — and whether he can keep his gavel.

As Congress careened toward a Saturday midnight deadline to pass a government funding bill, legislators exclusively told Raw Story Friday that party leaders were negotiating through the “chaos” created by President-elect Donald Trump and his allies who sunk a deal that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) spent weeks brokering — making