Mike Johnson survives; delays in Georgia

Sign up here to receive “The US in brief” as a newsletter, each weekday, in your inbox. Mike Johnson easily survived an attempt to oust him as the speaker of America’s House of Representatives. Mr Johnson, a Republican, drew ire from hard-right members of his party when he pushed through a bipartisan bill to supply aid to Ukraine last month. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a hardline congresswoman for Georgia, led the campaign to boot him out, but Democrats backed the speaker. …