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Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House

Johnson Reaches Agreement to Kill Proxy Voting Proposal in the House

Republicans who had been poised to force a vote on changing House rules to allow new parents to vote remotely pulled back after the speaker offered a [...]
Trump Supports Proxy Voting for New Parents in Congress, a Blow to Johnson

Trump Supports Proxy Voting for New Parents in Congress, a Blow to Johnson

The president’s comment was a rare instance in which he and House Speaker Mike Johnson were not on the same side of an issue. www.nytimes.com [...]
Johnson, Battling Proxy Voting for Parents, Exposes Weak Hold on House Republicans

Johnson, Battling Proxy Voting for Parents, Exposes Weak Hold on House Republicans

The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight i [...]
Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

Johnson Fails to Kill Bipartisan Measure to Allow Proxy Voting for New Parents

The speaker tried to use an unprecedented parliamentary maneuver to deny a bipartisan majority the chance to hold a vote on their proposal to allow ne [...]
Johnson Moves to Block a Bill Allowing New Parents in the House to Vote by Proxy

Johnson Moves to Block a Bill Allowing New Parents in the House to Vote by Proxy

It was not clear whether the speaker would be able to peel off enough Republicans to prevent the measure from coming up because a majority of House me [...]
Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert a Shutdown

Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging shutdown fight while giving President Trump more power to go around [...]
How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump

How Johnson, Who Put His Job at Risk to Save Ukraine Aid, Flipped for Trump

Many Republicans have made a reversal on Russia and Ukraine, falling in line behind President Trump. No turnabout has been more striking than that of [...]
Johnson Grasps for Republican Votes to Pass Budget Plan

Johnson Grasps for Republican Votes to Pass Budget Plan

Speaker Mike Johnson pressed ahead with plans for a Tuesday night vote on the House G.O.P. budget resolution even as threatened defections piled up. [...]
Boris Johnson backs Ukraine-US minerals deal

Boris Johnson backs Ukraine-US minerals deal

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterJames WaterhouseUkraine correspondentBBCFormer Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged President Volodymyr Zelensky to s [...]
Trump May Name Alice Johnson to Be ‘Pardon Czar’

Trump May Name Alice Johnson to Be ‘Pardon Czar’

Alice Marie Johnson was serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug conviction when the president commuted her sentence in 2018. Since then, she has [...]
Johnson UK’s most damaging PM, says Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf

Johnson UK’s most damaging PM, says Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf

Joshua NevettPolitical reporterBoris Johnson will go down as "one of the most damaging prime minsters", says Reform UK chairmanHistory will judge Bori [...]
Johnson Joins the Trump Entourage, Shrinking the Role of House Speaker

Johnson Joins the Trump Entourage, Shrinking the Role of House Speaker

In positioning himself as a junior partner to the president and doing his bidding on matters large and small, the Louisiana Republican is diminishing [...]
FDA approves Johnson & Johnson nasal spray Spravato for depression

FDA approves Johnson & Johnson nasal spray Spravato for depression

This photo provided by Janssen Global Services shows Spravato nasal spray.Janssen Global Services via APThe Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ap [...]
Johnson Installs Crawford on Intelligence Panel, Pulling It Closer to Trump

Johnson Installs Crawford on Intelligence Panel, Pulling It Closer to Trump

The speaker replaced a Republican who had criticized the president-elect and broken with him on key issues, and who had drawn the ire and suspicion of [...]
Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump

Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump

Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was axed after an edic [...]
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