US House Speaker: Fourth time's the charm
FT News Briefing
Forhecz Topher
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Mike Johnson, a loyal ally of Donald Trump, has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives. Plus, in the first instalment of our Investing In America series, we travel to the Port of Albany to look at how money outside the US is changing the country.
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Donald Trump ally Mike Johnson elected US House Speaker after weeks of gridlock
The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Sam Giovinco, Monica Lopez, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:04.7 | Today is Thursday, October 26th, and this is your FT News briefing. |
| 0:09.4 | Republicans have finally elected a new speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after |
| 0:14.2 | weeks of gridlock. |
| 0:16.3 | Plus, we're launching a special three-part series about foreign investment in America. |
| 0:21.4 | Today, we're going to Albany, New York. |
| 0:24.3 | One of the places where money from outside the U.S. is trying to cash in on the green |
| 0:28.7 | transition. |
| 0:29.7 | I feel like you guys pretty sure are on for us. |
| 0:32.3 | We did. |
| 0:33.3 | We did. |
| 0:34.3 | We did. |
| 0:35.3 | We did. |
| 0:36.3 | We did. |
| 0:37.3 | We called up everybody really early this morning. |
| 0:38.3 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:57.8 | It took Republicans weeks to replace Kevin McCarthy after they voted to remove him from |
| 1:02.3 | his post. |
| 1:03.4 | But yesterday, the party elected a new house speaker. |
| 1:06.9 | Congressman Mike Johnson, who was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump's efforts to overturn |
| 1:12.2 | the 2020 presidential election. |
| 1:15.2 | The hope is now with Johnson in charge. |
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