Republican Mike Johnson Elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

Republican Mike Johnson has been elected as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. He represents Louisiana and has served as the vice chairman of the Republican Conference in Congress.

The official is known to be a supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump and has actively backed the former president's efforts to contest the outcomes of the 2020 elections.

Johnson is an opponent of providing aid to Ukraine and has voted against the funding tranches for Kyiv over the past year and a half, insisting that priority should be given to domestic issues in the U.S.