WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump endorsed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) to remain in his post, moving Wednesday to unify GOP lawmakers and avoid a replay of the leadership drama that dragged down the party over the past two years.

While Mike Johnson has no serious challenger, he faces dissent within his ranks, particularly from hard-right conservatives and the Freedom Caucus.

President-elect Donald Trump gave a full-throated endorsement for House Speaker Mike Johnson to retain the gavel in his first visit to Capitol Hill since winning the Nov. 5 election, where Republicans look likely to have control of both chambers of Congress.

Trump's full-throated endorsement, delivered just ahead of internal GOP leadership elections, will likely tamp down the possibility of Johnson defectors.

Speaker Mike Johnson is beginning the hard fight for his gavel, a weeks-long campaign that starts Wednesday during internal House Republican leadership elections and will establish the new power centers in Congress for a Washington dominated by President-elect Donald Trump.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are “ready to deliver” for President-elect Donald Trump's after his election victory, insisting the GOP is much better prepared for a second-term agenda.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says Republicans are 'ready to deliver' on Trump's mandate after election victory.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday that Republicans are "ready to deliver" President-elect Donald Trump's agenda after his election victory, insisting the GOP won't make the mistakes of last time and will be much better prepared for a second-term Trump White House.

Speaker Mike Johnson acknowledged Tuesday he‘s trying to stop the poaching by Donald Trump of his very slender House majority even as he conceded—it isn’t his call. “I don’t expect that we will have more members leaving,