Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is drawing fresh scrutiny for having played a key -- if somewhat lower-profile -- role in trying to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory. House ...

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Rep. Mike Johnson (R., La.) served on former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team, and led an effort to collect signatures for an amicus brief in support of a Texas lawsuit that sought ...

It’s Day 22, and the House still doesn’t have a speaker, though the GOP selected another designee out of an apparent carousel of contenders late Tuesday. In the days following the 2020 presidential ...

After House Republicans unanimously voted for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as the new speaker, Democratic politicians pounced on them for choosing someone who defied democratic norms after the 2020 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to dodge a question from George Stephanopoulos about who won the 2020 election, a worrying sign for November’s coming election. On Sunday morning, Johnson was asked on ...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has argued that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is “dangerous” and knew his actions surrounding the 2020 election were wrong. “He was acting in ways that he knew to be ...

Vice President Mike Pence considered skipping the congressional count of the 2020 Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021, worrying that his attendance would be “too hurtful” to former President ...

The 2020 election ended six years ago. Yet, two power-hungry Democrat attorneys general up for re-election next year, Kris Mayes of Arizona and Josh Kaul of Wisconsin, persist in their lawfare against ...