Mike Johnson declined to comment on President Donald Trump's social media attack on slain director Rob Reiner while speaking to media Monday, choosing instead to condemn "senseless violence" after a weekend full of tragedies.

Because the GOP holds such a slim majority in the House, a handful of dissident votes would cost Johnson the speakership. There have been past attempts. In May 2024, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was booed off the House floor for trying to oust Johnson.

President Donald Trump declared last week that House Speaker Mike Johnson “has been a fantastic speaker,” making it clear that he considers Johnson to be one of his most important subordinates. Trump wasn’t doing Johnson any favors.

House Republicans have repeatedly defied Speaker Mike Johnson's leadership amid growing frustration over how he's led the fractious majority.

"We made a deal," one far-right Republican said, vowing to destroy an upcoming spending bill if Johnson doesn't follow through.

Being a rubber stamp for Trump wouldn't be a problem if all the president's talk about living in an economic "Golden Age" were true.

Greene publicly denies the manoeuvring, and slammed MS NOW journalists who approached her about the reports, insisting it was “not true.”

When Mondo Duplantis accepted his award for World Athlete of the Year in Monaco last month, there was a pointed quip. “There was another tour that tried to exclude field events – it didn’t didn’t go so well