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Republicans re-elect Mike Johnson as US House speaker in nail-biting vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to colleagues in the House of Representatives as a new Congress convenes on January 3, 2025 [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

The United States House of Representatives has re-elected Republican Mike Johnson as its speaker, in a vote seen as a nail-biting test of party unity in advance of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

But Johnson’s campaign to keep the speaker’s gavel was not without its bumps on Friday.

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