Norman had just voted against Mike Johnson when Nancy Mace handed him the phone and said that Trump wanted to speak with him.

WASHINGTON – House Republicans gave Mike Johnson the speaker's gavel on Friday ... convinced the two remaining holdouts – Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Keith Self, R-Texas – that ...

There were six additional Republican holdouts who declined to vote the first time around, including Representatives Andy Biggs, Michael Cloud, Andrew Clyde, Paul Gosar, and House Freedom Caucus Chair ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was reelected to the top post in the House in a stunning floor vote on the opening day of Congress on Friday, securing the gavel on the first ballot. But the vote did not ...

Congress returned Friday, voting to reelect House speaker Mike Johnson after some Republican holdouts changed their votes.

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to colleagues in the ... after two of the holdouts — Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas — changed their votes. Another 215 votes, all ...

Mike Johnson was re-elected speaker of the House on Friday after flipping two GOP opponents following an intervention by ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared headed for defeat before two Republicans switched their vote, delivering him a majority.

Speaker-designate Mike Johnson, R-La., was re-elected to lead ... Keith Self, R-Texas, and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., were initially voting against Johnson, but switched their votes to support him.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who has railed for weeks against Johnson, cast his vote for Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn. And ...

Republican Mike Johnson won the barest of victories on Friday, Jan. 3, when 218 U.S. House representatives voted to re-up his term as speaker to start the 119th Congress. While Johnson was officially ...

Reps. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and Keith Self (R-Texas) both recounted their phone call with President-elect Trump before switching their votes to back Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), with Norman saying it ...