Trump and Johnson seek unified front heading into high-stakes speaker vote

Published January 1, 2025 11:16am ET



President-elect Donald Trump and Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) are trying to stave off a conservative rebellion that threatens to upend his reelection to House speaker.

Johnson scored Trump’s endorsement days ahead of the new Congress commencing on Friday and a key vote to rename him speaker of the House with a razor-thin majority.

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