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Elon Musk, Mike Johnson

US House Speaker Mike Johnson's future hangs in balance as he scrambles for funding deal

Mike Johnson’s hold on the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives has been tenuous almost since the day he was elected.

Elon Musk Could Replace Mike Johnson as House Speaker, Rand Paul Suggests

Senator Rand Paul has suggested that Elon Musk could replace Mike Johnson as House Speaker following a backlash over a bipartisan government funding bill. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Kentucky Republican said: "The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress.

House Speaker Musk?!? Republicans fall in line as Elon trumps Trump

Elon Musk was already the subject of "shadow president" jokes as he has been omni-present at Donald Trump's side since shepherding Trump to victory with a substantial portion of his massive wealth. Now Musk has also assumed a shadow leadership role for House Republicans as well,

Johnson, House Speaker

Parkersburg News and Sentinel · 14h

Floating a new plan, Speaker Johnson insists there will be no government shutdown

Veering toward a midnight Friday government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson is proposing a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but punts President-elect Donald Trump demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.

House to vote on Speaker Johnson's plan C to avoid a shutdown | Morning in America

La., said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avoid a shutdown. The House will vote Friday morning on the legislation. It's unclear if Johnson’s plan will appease President-elect Donald Trump and his demand to raise the debt ceiling as part of the continuing resolution.

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

Government shutdown at risk as Trump’s demands put Speaker Johnson in a bind

With a government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s sudden demands — and keep his own job.

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Speaker Johnson facing challenges as Congress scrambles to avert a shutdown

NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports from Capitol Hill as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is navigating how to reach a deal to avert a ...

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Congress Races to Avoid a Government Shutdown. Speaker Johnson Says Republicans Are ‘Unified.’

Friday afternoon.The bill, H.R. 10545, is nearly identical to the one voted down Thursday night, except that it doesn’t ...

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Speaker Johnson delivers remarks after House passes funding bill

The final vote was 366-34-1, easily surpassing the two-thirds majority threshold needed for passage under suspension of the ...

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Speaker Johnson defends spending bill amid Musk, GOP opposition: ‘Impossible position’

Speaker Mike Johnson said he has spoken to Elon Musk and explained why he supports the government spending bill despite ...

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Is the speaker’s gavel slowly slipping away from Mike Johnson?

Speaker Mike Johnson was optimistic about his future as the House GOP's leader. Now, facing a party backlash, that optimism ...

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Mike Johnson to Elon Musk: ‘You want to be Speaker?’

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) spoke to reporters just after the House passed a funding bill hours before a ...

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Mike Lee predicts demise of Johnson speakership, calls for 'DOGE speaker'

Sen. Mike Lee predicts that House Speaker Mike Johnson will not remain speaker, calling for Elon Musk or Vivek Ramaswamy to ...

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Stock Market Today: Dow Jones Soars 700 Points As Speaker Johnson Seeks 'Plan C' To Avoid Shutdown; Nvidia, Tesla Rise (Live Coverage)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major stock indexes reversed from a premarket deficit and surged higher Friday as ...

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