Trump’s reciprocal tariffs went into effect on Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is pouring cold water on the prospect of Republicans hiking taxes on the rich to help pay for President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda package. Despite Trump ...

By late Thursday morning, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was celebrating victory in front of reporters after a narrow 216-to-214 vote. "I told you not to doubt us," a triumphant Johnson told ...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is no "big fan" of hiking the tax rate for America's wealthiest to 40%, an idea reportedly being mulled by Republicans to offset some costs of their in-progress ...

The House Speaker and Anna Paulina Luna have come to an arrangement regarding proxy voting, which several MAGA figures are ...

Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images House Speaker Mike Johnson performed another Houdini straitjacket escape on Thursday, passing a budget outline over doubts on his right flank. Now comes the ...

As the fate of President Trump’s agenda hung in the balance in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La ... he declined the invitation — and that personal appeals from the president would ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters just after House Republicans narrowly approved their budget framework, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 10, 2025.