Congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana made a link between abortion and the Holocaust before he was elected speaker of the US House of Representatives. In a May 2022 radio interview, he shared his opinions, saying that groups such as Planned Parenthood target inner cities and see the people living there as easy picks. Although these...
As Congress races toward another wasting deadline on Friday, House Republicans are pushing a two-step strategy for funding the federal government, three people with knowledge of the situation told the news channel. On a GOP conference call with members on Saturday afternoon, newly appointed House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed the plan and asserted, I wasn’t...
Already, newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is creating new partisan tangles in Washington. The young leader of the Republican majority is drawing stark, moderate lines on the blank canvas of his high-level political career. He is staking out a dangerous confrontation with Democrats as well as Senate Republicans over funding for Israel,...