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Republicans fail to coalesce around speaker choice, leaving House in limbo
Steve Scalise was nominated by a majority of the conference, but did not have the support of 217 lawmakers needed to claim the gavel on the House floor.
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Democratic divisions over Israel resurface after ‘cease-fire’ comments
Many Democratic officials vowed unequivocal support for Israel’s right to defend itself, while some left-leaning lawmakers urged both sides to agree to a cease-fire.
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Trump-backed hopefuls face tough foe in leadership races: Secret ballots
Rep. Jim Jordan became the latest Republican to get a big public boost with Donald Trump’s endorsement in a GOP congressional leadership race, only to fall short.
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House adjourns without voting on Scalise as speaker
The House is on the hunt for its next speaker and could vote as early as Wednesday after holding candidate forums Tuesday.
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What a Speaker Scalise might mean for the GOP
A review of what Steve Scalise has said about shutdowns, Ukraine, Biden’s impeachment, Donald Trump and election denial.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to reinstate disputed South Carolina map
The redrawn congressional map moved Whites into one district and Blacks out. But the legislature said those decisions focused on political party, not race.
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Why George Santos and Bob Menendez are unlikely to resign … yet
Their positions can serve as a bargaining chip with prosecutors.
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How historic the House GOP’s chaos is, by the numbers
Looking at the ways in which the GOP is setting benchmarks with its internal discord.
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The next speaker, like the last one, equivocates on the 2020 results
Not surprising, given that a majority of House Republicans voted to reject the 2020 election results.
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Mitt Romney urges his donors to coalesce behind one challenger to Trump
“We don’t know what we are or what we stand for within our party,” the Republican senator said to a gathering of influential donors.
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Sean Hannity’s predictable heel turn on RFK Jr.
The Fox News host is nothing if not a loyal actor for the Republican Party.
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Scalise, Jordan make final pitches as House Republicans’ speaker vote looms
The moderate faction of the House Republican conference worked to exert its influence after feeling beholden to hardliners’ whims in recent months.
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New charges accuse George Santos of identity theft, credit card fraud
An indictment unsealed Tuesday charges Rep. George Santos with stealing the identities of campaign donors and using their credit cards for authorized charges.
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Biden decries ‘evil’ Hamas attack, says Americans being held hostage
The president vowed to stand by Israel and said it has a “duty” to respond.
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Kevin Phillips, Nixon political analyst and prolific author, dies at 82
Kevin Phillips’s 1969 book “The Emerging Republican Majority” was viewed by some in the GOP as the blueprint to winning over Southern voters.
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McCarthy, Jordan and Scalise’s long history seeps into speaker fight
Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise have worked together — and against one another — for nearly 16 years.
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Republican effort to impeach Wis. Supreme Court justice loses steam
The Wisconsin State Assembly speaker fell silent, and one of the Wisconsin Senate’s most conservative members came out against the idea.
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Democrat Thomas Suozzi launches bid to take back George Santos’s seat
Suozzi, who left Congress to run for governor of New York, joins a growing list of names seeking Santos’s U.S. House seat.
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How Republicans lauded RFK Jr. — before he was a threat
Some of the most prominent leaders of the right hailed Kennedy as a principled, selfless warrior. Now he’s suddenly being labeled a liberal opportunist.
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North Carolina Republicans override governor’s veto on key election law
Gov. Roy Cooper (D) has cast the bill as a threat to democracy in the state. Republicans say it takes politics out of the process of administering the vote.
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