In a buoyant address to supporters moments after taking the oath of office in January, President Donald Trump ribbed House Speaker Mike Johnson over the number of Republican lawmakers he had tapped for administration posts — vacancies that only tightened the GOP’s already slender majority.

There are four upcoming special elections, and there would have been five, had Elise Stefanik become U.S. ambassador to the U.N.

Donald Trump withdrew Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be America’s ambassador to the United Nations. He said she was “FANTASTIC” but he worries that the Republicans, who have a small majority in the House of Representatives,