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The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Another one bites the dust: Emmer is out

Former President Donald Trump derided the Minnesota Republican as a "RINO" om Truth Social after his nomination

Salon

Christie lashes out at House GOP ‘embarrassment’ over speaker chaos

GOP candidate has taken to brutal criticism of his party’s Trump-aligned right wing

The Independent UK

GOP has third speaker nominee in 3 weeks

The Minnesota Republican received fewer votes for speaker than Rep. Jim Jordan got in his failed bid

Salon

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Hern out of speaker race, endorses Johnson - Roll Call

Shortly after filing to make another run for speaker, Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., dropped out and instead endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.

Roll Call

Texans Pete Sessions, Roger Williams both out in whirlwind day to pick U.S. speaker

Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

The Texas Tribune

Will US Republicans finally elect a House speaker nominee?

The 221-member Republican majority in the House have gathered in a closed-door session to vote on a nominee.

Al Jazeera

Kevin McCarthy dismissed Liz Cheney warning before January 6, book says

Adam Kinzinger, another anti-Trump Republican, details exchange – and ‘shoulder checks’ from McCarthy – in new memoir

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Jim Jordan’s dizzying fall bodes an even more broken Republican party to come

While Trump hurtles to the Republican nomination, his party’s representatives in Congress feud and backstab

The Guardian - US

House still without speaker as Republicans fail yet again to unify

Tom Emmer – the third nominee in three weeks – drops out of race just hours after winning nomination

The Guardian - US

Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer has dropped out of House speaker race

Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., who earlier Tuesday was chosen by House Republicans to be the third speaker nominee in as many weeks, has dropped out.

WEKU

House Republicans have no clear frontrunner for speaker after candidate forum

The forum comes as the House will vote to pick a new nominee in the third week without a speaker

The Independent UK

GOP conference ready to vote for speaker Tuesday - Roll Call

House Republicans on Monday night expressed some cautious optimism that their time without a leader is nearly over.

Roll Call

House GOP asks Jesus to take the wheel

"A messiah will be born unto us who can achieve this miraculous threshold," quipped Rep. Tom McClintock

Salon

GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass…

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The Independent UK

Who is House Speaker candidate Byron Donalds?

Florida Republican says his focus is on ‘securing our border, funding our government responsibly, advancing a conservative vision’

The Texas Tribune

Who is Pete Sessions and why is he running for House Speaker?

Sessions is the longest-serving representative running to become U.S. House Speaker. He previously led the House Republican campaign arm through a record-breaking victory, but he still faces a steep battle to secure the gavel.

The Guardian - US

House speaker hopeful Tom Emmer spoke to Trump to ease tensions as race to replace McCarthy drags into third week – as it happened

Tom Emmer current frontrunner as candidates due to present themselves in forum on Monday evening

The Guardian - US

The California town that could hold the key to control of the House in 2024

Delano is in the heart of a district won by Biden but held by a Republican. Will David Valadao’s vote to impeach Trump help him hang on?

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GOP infighting overshadowed Trump endorsement in Jordan push to be speaker - Roll Call

Donald Trump’s endorsement didn’t pave the way to the speakership for Rep. Jim Jordan, whose bid ran into bitter Republican infighting.

WEKU

As the House GOP struggles to pick a speaker, a lawmaker aims to simplify the process

Previous efforts to elect a House speaker have failed at the floor vote. As the search stretches into a third week, Rep. Mike Flood wants Republicans to commit to voting for their party's nominee.

WEKU

House speaker race widens to 9 Republicans vying for nomination

After Rep. Jim Jordan ended his unsuccessful bid, a new field of candidates has flooded the race. Most of them are now backing a pledge aimed at ensuring a House floor vote ends in an elected speaker.

The Guardian - US

Who are the Republican candidates for House of Representatives speaker?

Nine congressmen had registered by Sunday’s noon deadline following Jim Jordan’s failed bid to claim the gavel

The Independent UK

Liz Cheney admits she has not ruled out running for president

The former congresswoman faced the GOP’s wrath for condemning Trump and 2020 election lies

The Independent UK

GOP scrambles for House speaker as candidate deadline passes: ‘I don’t care, just pick someone’

Nearly three weeks have passed since Kevin McCarthy was ousted from Speaker leaving the House in legislative paralysis

The Texas Tribune

U.S. Reps. Jodey Arrington, Roger Williams decline House speaker bid

Only one Texan, Rep. Pete Sessions, remains in the race for House Speaker. Republicans will hear from the candidates Monday night as they try to fill the job following U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s failure to win a majority.

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