Johnson Rules Out an Aggressive Plan to Cut Medicaid as G.O.P. Moderates Waver

The Republican speaker’s decision underscored the resistance in his party to politically painful reductions to the program, and drew a backlash from the hard right, which is demanding deep cuts. Read More

'Perilous path': GOP insider says Mike Johnson faces 'political dilemma verging on a trap'

The final details are still being negotiated, but the core of the bill is extending the 2017 tax law, which the administration believes will calm the markets and boost the economy, but former GOP ... Read More

BREAKING: Mike Johnson Set For Defeat in Speaker Vote First Round as Two Republicans Defect and More Don’t Vote

The post BREAKING: Mike Johnson Set For Defeat in Speaker Vote First Round as Two Republicans Defect and More Don’t Vote first appeared on Mediaite ... Read More

Mike Johnson pours cold water on calls to hike taxes on the rich, despite Trump telling GOPers he’s open to it

House Speaker Mike Johnson is pouring cold water ... And so we can bend the debt trajectory curve, get us back on a path to fiscal sanity.” Johnson predicted that passing the Trump agenda ... Read More

Mike Johnson Could Shut Down Trump’s Tariffs

There is one person aside from Donald Trump who could definitely put an end to this economic chaos. His name is ... Read More

Mike Johnson is deep in the weeds on Trump's big beautiful bill

The speaker wants the House bill to fund Trump's agenda by Memorial Day. There's a lot of unanswered questions before that can happen. Read More

Speaker Johnson scraps vote on budget blueprint for Trump’s agenda just day after prez urged lawmakers to ‘stop grandstanding’

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La ... could get the ball rolling and address their concerns later. Johnson said he consulted Trump before pulling the vote. Rep. Thomas Massie opposed the compromise ... Read More

Mike Johnson Reacts to Donald Trump's Dropping Approval Ratings

Trump's polling will likely continue fluctuating as his administration grapples with public opinion over key policies like tariffs. Read More

Johnson wants budget reconciliation bill on Trump’s desk by end of April

Newly reelected House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday ... lot of merit to that,” he said. “We can put it all together, one big up-or-down vote, which can save the country, quite literally ... Read More

Mike Johnson Could Shut Down Trump's Tariffs

And if we don’t, we’re going to have nothing to do with them. They’re not going to be allowed to participate in the United States,” he said ... us back to Johnson, an accidental Speaker ... Read More