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House backers of proposed cuts to federal law enforcement see Johnson as an ally - Roll Call

GOP colleagues of Speaker Mike Johnson anticipate he’ll be an ally of efforts to slash the budgets of federal law enforcement agencies.

Roll Call

Mike Johnson faces a McCarthy-esque test as a shutdown looms. Will he survive?

The House is back where it started. Can Mike Johnson build the trust that Kevin McCarthy broke, asks John Bowden

The Independent UK

Nancy Mace says she lives ‘rent free’ in McCarthy’s head as feud intensifies

Ousted speaker said he believed the Republicans who removed him cared more about their ‘press’ than ‘policy’

The Independent UK

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Kevin McCarthy attacks fellow Republican Matt Gaetz after House speaker ouster

Matt Gaetz and Nancy Mace among eight Republicans who helped remove California lawmaker from top job

The Independent UK

House GOP pulls Financial Services bill from the floor - Roll Call

Republicans pulled another fiscal 2024 spending bill before a final vote that was scheduled, leaving them empty-handed for the week.

Roll Call

Government selects Maryland location for new FBI national headquarters - Roll Call

The General Services Administration has picked Maryland as the next home of the new FBI headquarters, the agency confirmed Wednesday.

Roll Call

Is Chaos the Natural State of Congress?

The federal budgeting process was broken long before Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy's recent spat.

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The end of Mike Johnson's MAGA honeymoon

"Maga Mike" is going to have to hope that his party is in cooperation mode because he has no leadership experience

Salon

Mike Johnson says he ‘isn’t afraid’ to change House speaker removal rule

Speaker can currently be ejected by any Democrat or Republican who introduces ‘motion to vacate’ followed by majority-wins vote

The Guardian - US

The Guardian view on America’s new speaker: the right gets its man

Editorial: The US has got its federal government back. But Mike Johnson is not an answer to the nation’s political dysfunction

The Guardian - UK

The Maga-fication of congressional Republicans is now complete

Republicans have elected an obscure and extreme Trumpist, Mike Johnson, as speaker of the House

The Guardian - US

(Republican) War Is Over

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Reason

Mike Johnson as speaker shows ‘Maga is ascendant’ in Congress, Matt Gaetz says

Far-right Florida congressman who triggered ousting of former speaker Kevin McCarthy says ‘the swamp is on the run’

The Guardian - US

OPINION - Open revenge, payback and blood hatred in the race for Speaker of the House: this is Republican politics

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

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France 24

Republican withdraws bid for House speaker hours after winning internal nomination

Republican Rep. Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing within hours of winning the internal party nomination after Donald Trump objected and hardliners refused to support him for the gavel.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - US

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

Speaker fiasco lays bare ungovernable dysfunction of House Republicans

One branch of US government has ground to a halt amid death threats and screaming matches as Republicans fail to unite around a candidate for speaker

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What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Moscow recuits Serbs to replenish its diminished armed forces; Russia’s biggest offensive in months is failing, Kyiv says

The Independent UK

Temporary House speaker Patrick McHenry ‘threatens to quit’ amid GOP crisis

House of Representatives remains in paralysis as Jim Jordan scrambles for support from party holdouts

Roll Call

Jordan out as GOP speaker nominee, new hopefuls vie for backing - Roll Call

House Republicans voted to end Rep. Jim Jordan’s speaker run on Friday during a closed meeting and a crowd began vying for the post.

The Independent UK

Who is Jim Jordan, Trump’s ousted choice for Speaker of the House?

Eric Garcia chronicles the career of the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, and who failed to replace Kevin McCarthy

Salon

GOP meeting explodes over Jordan failure

MAGA rages after Jordan suspends his campaign and backs a push to empower acting Speaker Patrick McHenry

The Independent UK

McCarthy screams at Gaetz as fellow GOP rep ‘almost lunged at him’

Republicans in uproar at suggestion to empower temporary speaker until January to allow Jordan more time to convince recalcitrant members

Zenger

GOP Hardliner Jim Jordan’s Bid For House Speaker Faces Resistance

Rep. Jim Jordan faces resistance as bid for House Speaker role continues, losing support from fellow Republicans.

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