Republican Mike Johnson narrowly won reelection Friday as House speaker on a first ballot, overcoming hard-right GOP holdouts in a tense standoff and buoyed by a nod of support from President-elect Donald Trump.

The speaker election was on track to get deadlocked after a small handful of House Republicans rebelled against Johnson's candidacy, until two holdouts flipped their votes in the final hour

WASHINGTON — The start of a new Congress Friday marked the dawn of what could be a golden era for Republicans after winning unified control of the federal government last fall. But as House members gathered for their first routine task — electing a speaker — Republicans appeared trapped in a time warp.