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The perils of never questioning what Jim Jordan says

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 4:50pm
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) declared that Jim Jordan had absolute integrity and was inherently credible. He might want to be careful with those assumptions.
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The non-MAGA GOP finds some backbone — against Jordan and intimidation

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 4:09pm
Republicans haven’t just stood up to Jim Jordan. They’ve also begun calling out and combatting a driving force behind the Trump movement’s power over them.
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Americans see the House speaker mess as hurting the country

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 2:40pm
Republicans in Congress, understandably, seem to be bearing the blame.
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How Congress could grant the temporary House speaker more power

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 2:40pm
This was considered the last option by Republicans, but now it’s their likely next step
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How hate crime has — and hasn’t — changed over the past decade

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 12:58pm
Hate crimes track with broader public conversations.
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Nikki Haley misleads town hall audience on Chinese land acquisitions

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 12:57pm
When an audience member asked whether South Carolina had given land to Chinese companies, the GOP presidential hopeful denied something that was not asked.
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What polls shows about the impact of the GOP speaker drama, so far

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 11:17am
Republicans have lost ground on some key measures. But more than anything, it’s a headache when the GOP’s fortunes were improving.
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How the House GOP’s disruptive poles influence the speaker vote

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 9:19am
One, of course, is more disruptive than the other.
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Biden faces physical risks in flying to war-torn Middle East

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/18/2023 - 4:42am
The U.S. president heads into an area subject to rocket and bomb attacks, though experts say he will be heavily protected.
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Democrats’ unity starts cracking on Israel-Gaza conflict

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 8:18pm
Biden walks a fine line as he tries to balance unwavering support for Israel with concern for conditions in Gaza
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A decade after one shutdown ended, the House shutdown goes on and on

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 6:55pm
Jim Jordan, the architect of that 2013 shutdown, failed to get a majority to become speaker, leaving the House still shuttered.
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Jordan digs in after first-round loss; next House speaker vote is Wednesday

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 6:54pm
It has been two weeks since Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the House. Republicans have not been able to agree on his replacement.
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Housespeakership vote expected Wednesday after Jordan falls short

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 5:56pm
Jordan, a conservative firebrand who is allied with former president Donald Trump, was chosen by fellow Republicans on Friday to lead the House but must win a majority of the full chamber to take the gavel.
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How Hannity, Bannon and others on the right helped fuel GOP speaker chaos

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 5:08pm
From Steve Bannon to Sean Hannity, right-wing media stars have had enormous influence over Republicans’ search for a leader.
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She escaped the Hamas festival attack, then told a D.C. synagogue her story

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 4:27pm
Noa Ben Artzi, speaking Tuesday alongside congressional leaders, recounted her narrow survival from the Hamas massacre. “Thirty people fell on top of me,” she said.
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Under indictment, Sen. Menendez won’t attend classified briefing on Israel

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 4:15pm
The former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee faces federal charges of bribery and conspiring to act as a foreign agent for the Egyptian government.
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Jordan’s allies may be overestimating his popularity

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 4:06pm
Jim Jordan is not really the second-most-popular Republican in America.
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Why Jim Jordan’s speaker bid failed — for now

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 2:22pm
The 20 legislators who opposed Jordan are less ideologically extreme, from more moderate districts — and were less likely to reject electors on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Glenn Youngkin and the gap between fentanyl politics and reality

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 11:30am
The Virginia governor earned headlines sending soldiers to the border. They didn’t accomplish the impossible task he’d given them.
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Jim Jordan is hard-right. But he’s also in sync with the GOP base.

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/17/2023 - 11:28am
A look at how the would-be speaker’s views align with his party.
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