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The surprising group of Republicans who kept Jim Jordan from becoming House speaker

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 1:55pm
There’s little that unites the 25 House Republicans who denied Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) the speakership on Friday.
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Jan. 6 charge faced by Trump upheld on appeal for second time

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 1:46pm
A federal appeals court decided a question that has implications for Trump.
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The simple reason that Jim Jordan’s speaker bid was in deep trouble

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 1:22pm
He lost support from legislators who were going out on a limb for his candidacy.
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Threats couldn’t save Jim Jordan. But Trump-era intimidation has had an impact.

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 12:59pm
The holdouts on Jim Jordan’s speaker bid have highlighted a problem that has long lurked beneath the surface. Trump-era threats to GOP lawmakers have had an impact.
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Jordan denounces threats against Republicans who oppose his speaker bid

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 12:24pm
Several GOP House members say they received threats and angry calls from supporters of the Ohio Republican after they voted for another speaker candidate.
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How each House member voted for speaker

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 11:53am
See how each member of the House voted on electing Jim Jordan as House speaker following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.
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Jordan amplifies a deeply contentious issue: Where planes were born

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 10:58am
Jordan’s odd Friday morning news conference was ostensibly about his bid for the speakership but also focused heavily on a point of interstate tension.
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Elon Musk’s X removes the New York Times’ verification badge

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 10:27am
The gold badge was the only symbol distinguishing the Times’ 55-million-follower account from impostors amid two major global conflicts.
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Bernie Sanders pushes nonprofit hospitals to provide more charity care

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 10/20/2023 - 5:00am
A Senate Democratic staff report says nonprofit hospitals spend far less on charity care than they get in tax breaks, as their CEOs make millions.
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Special counsel urges judge to deny Trump’s Jan. 6 claim of immunity

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 9:58pm
Donald Trump is “not above the law,” prosecutors say in opposing the former president’s bid to toss out his federal 2020 election subversion prosecution case in D.C.
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Biden urges help for Israel and Ukraine in high-stakes Oval Office speech

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 8:47pm
President links two conflicts as he makes a sweeping argument on America’s global role
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Republicans reject expanding interim speaker power as Jordan backtracks

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 7:01pm
Some had hoped that Thursday would bring a breakthrough, but a controversial proposal fell apart before it could move forward.
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Path forward for Jordan, Republicans on House speaker now uncertain

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 6:15pm
Rep. Jim Jordan’s struggle has prompted calls from both parties to expand the powers of the interim speaker to overcome the Republican’s intraparty morass.
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He claimed he was helping police on Jan. 6. He was convicted of assault.

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 6:05pm
Ronald McAbee, a sheriff’s deputy at a rural Tennessee jail on Jan. 6, pleaded guilty to assault on a police officer in one case but was convicted at trial in the attack on another.
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Three speakers at once, yet House Republicans lack one with real power

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 5:41pm
Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan and Patrick McHenry all hold part of the same title, demonstrating how dysfunctional the House GOP has become
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Will there ever be a new House speaker?

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 5:37pm
Why the House can’t elect a speaker to lead it. And the temporary solution some Republicans are proposing in the meantime.
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Laphonza Butler will not seek full term in Senate in 2024

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 5:11pm
Butler was appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to serve the rest of Dianne Feinstein’s term after the longtime senator died last month.
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Jordan and the GOP find a new low point in speaker mess

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 3:43pm
The latest botched attempt at finding a solution to Republicans’ leadership void is a telling one.
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The House has never been speakerless for so long mid-session

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 2:45pm
At no point in history has the House been in session without a speaker as long as this.
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Supreme Court agrees with delay on drawing new Louisiana congressional map

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/19/2023 - 2:28pm
Last year, a judge found the map enacted by Louisiana’s GOP-led state legislature dilutes the power of Black voters and likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
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