Trump backs Mike Johnson for another term as US House speaker

Trump backs Mike Johnson for another term as US House speaker

[South China Morning Post] - 12/30/2024

Republican Mike Johnson is in an increasingly nerve-racking fight to keep his gavel amid mutterings of rebellion on his right flank.



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