Mike Johnson as speaker of the House ... earned the gavel when Texas Rep. Keith Self and South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman flipped their votes. And with Johnson possessing the gavel, Democrat Rep.

Rep. Mike Johnson will not be reelected as House Speaker in the first ballot after two Republican counterparts refrained from supporting him. South Carolina's Ralph Norman joined Thomas Massie in ...

President-Elect Donald Trump angrily rang up Ralph Norman while he was on the golf course after the South Carolina representative voted against Mike Johnson for Speaker of the House.

“Is he going to fight?” said Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican who initially opposed Johnson but ultimate changed his vote. Republicans are relishing the moment as they take ...

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) gestures to Representative Ralph Norman, Republican of South Carolina, during the vote for Speaker of the House on the first day of the 119th Congress on ...

Senior Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn on Sunday encouraged newly reelected House Speaker Mike Johnson to work with Democrats on agenda items in the new term. “I would think that the speaker ought ...

Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was reelected House speaker Friday on a first vote, overcoming skepticism about his leadership from some in his party. Johnson clinched the post after two ...

Mike Johnson is taking back the speaker’s gavel ... Two of the Republican holdouts, Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Rep. Keith Self of Texas, followed Johnson away from the cameras ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., narrowly held onto the ... Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas — voted against Johnson. Massie voted for House ...