Social media users responded with a stark reminder after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) positively talked up Tuesday about the speed and relative ease with which Congress had a day earlier certified President-elect Donald Trump ’s 2024 election victory over Democratic rival Kamala Harris.

Ever since Republicans took back control of the U.S. House in 2022, their biggest concern has been the unruly hard-right members of the House Freedom Caucus, who have exploited narrow margins of control to keep pressure on their colleagues to obey their wishes.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out to fund President-elect Donald Trump's agenda.

Mike Johnson secured the gavel in dramatic fashion, as he was on track to lose before two Republican defectors changed their vote after speaking to Donald Trump.

Trump directs Speaker Johnson to combine border, tax & energy plans into a single bill, reshaping the GOP's 2025 legislative strategy.

Trump took to his social media platform soon after the vote Friday, which returned Johnson to the speaker's chair after initially coming up short of votes on the first ballot. But Representatives Ralph Norman of South Carolina and Keith Self of Texas changed their votes to support Johnson after first voting against him.

The win came after a tense stand-off with House Republicans and a phone call from Donald Trump to two members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus.

The House will vote at noon Friday to select a speaker. Johnson is expected to win nearly all Republican votes, but just a handful of GOP defections could be enough to stop him.

La., told lawmakers that the president-elect backs one reconciliation bill, rather than two or more, two sources with direct knowledge told NBC News.

Ron Johnson said he will not vote for Trump's plan to eliminate the debt limit, but will "negotiate in terms of how far" to increase it.

An interview with congressional scholar Norm Ornstein, who explains how Trump is already signaling how he’ll put GOP lawmakers in a brutally impossible situation—and why Trump-GOP rule will likely imp