Republicans on Tuesday made their fourth pick in just two weeks to replace the ousted speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, underlining the chaos engulfing the fragmented party after three previous nominees failed to win the gavel.
Louisiana's Mike Johnson won an internal party vote just hours after previous nominee, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, buckled under a backlash led by former President Donald Trump and announced his withdrawal.
Congress has been at a standstill and unable to address multiple global crises, as well as the fast-approaching threat of a government shutdown, since McCarthy's historic dismissal in a far-right rebellion on Oct. 3.