The House speaker's job looks safer than ever after the president-elect gave his full endorsement. Yet hardliners may still make trouble for them both.

A supercut aired on CNN showed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) “flip-flopping” on calls for the House Ethics Committee to release a report about Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz,

House Speaker Mike Johnson said "there may be a function" to facilitate the use of recess appointments to speed up the confirmation of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees. Why it matters: The process of adjourning the Senate to allow Trump to install his picks without congressional approval would mean the chamber would shirk its advice-and-consent role for cabinet confirmations.

Lawmakers are back in town this week for the start of what’s called the “lame duck,” the eight-week sprint to finish up this session before the new one begins in January.