Johnson Reelected As Speaker House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) defied expectations and won reelection on the first ballot, this time to his first two-year term. Still, his one-and-done victory came only after two Republicans switched their votes to him during an extended roll call. Johnson ended up with 218 votes compared to 215 for House […]

The president-elect has admonished Republicans to stay united around his ambitious domestic policy plans. But his track record with Congress is one of abrupt turnabouts and last-minute blowups.

A Republican candidate for the state’s Supreme Court is asking that same court to make him the winner on the flimsiest of grounds.