The Latest Breaking News from Mike Johnson

The CQ Budget podcast outlines challenges Speaker Johnson faces to keep the government open and get the appropriations process back on track.

White House says Russia is executing soldiers who fail to follow orders; Moscow criticises Ukraine-backed peace talks in Malta

Mike Johnson also once blamed abortion and the teaching of evolution for school shootings

Republican members finally elected Rep. Mike Johnson as speaker. CQ Roll Call photojournalists spent countless hours documenting the drama.

Donald Trump’s daughter could appear on witness stand in New York civil fraud trial as early as next week

Republican House speaker, who has advanced extreme views as attorney and legislator, says ‘I am a Bible-believing Christian’

Ukraine’s president tells British PM brigade’s worth of troops lost trying to encircle embattled city; Putin demands action on weapons trafficking

There are many reasons and rivalries fragmenting the Republicans today, but they can essentially be divided into two main factions: the Reality Caucus and the Chaos Caucus.

Former President Trump's niece criticizes Johnson's election and his role in election-denying efforts.

Wednesday, Kentucky’s five Republican members of Congress voted to elect Mike Johnson, while the state’s lone Democrat congressman, Morgan McGarvey of Louisville, voted for his party’s nominee, Hakeem Jeffrees. The day after the vote, McGarvey told WEKU News he felt a sense of relief.

Johnson was a leader for Alliance Defending Freedom, which wrote the abortion ban that led to the downfall of “Roe"