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For 20 years, this AIDS relief plan enjoyed broad US support. What changed?

Credited with saving 25 million lives, the AIDS programme PEPFAR now faces an uncertain future in a divided US Congress.

Al Jazeera

Credit card gambling ban passes lower house

Gambling reform measures to ban the use of credit cards to place wagers have been passed by the House of Representatives.

AAP

‘I will not be silenced’: Rashida Tlaib won’t stop fighting for Palestinian rights

The first Palestinian American woman in Congress was formally rebuked this week, but allies say she’ll keep speaking up for peace and justice

The Guardian - US

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Why are US Republicans pushing for aid to Israel but not Ukraine?

Experts say a fractured Republican Party is increasingly turning away from Ukraine in favour of support for Israel.

Al Jazeera

Nancy Pelosi subpoenaed to testify over hammer attack on her husband

David DePape’s trial is set to begin this month

The Independent UK

Scandal-dogged George Santos escapes GOP bid to have him expelled from House

The resolution needed a two-thirds majority to succeed, but fell well short

The Independent UK

Don't Believe Janet Yellen's Shoddy Wartime 'Girl Math'

Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.

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View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?

This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30

The Conversation

Mike Johnson: Who is the new Republican speaker of the US House?

Mike Johnson has become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Evening Standard

Funding for Ukraine is anything but certain after US elects new speaker

US president Joe Biden has proposed a new US$105 billion (£86.5 billion) national security aid package, including $61 billion for Ukraine.

The Conversation

Thursday briefing: Mike Johnson is the new House of Representatives’ speaker, but for how long?

After much ado, the GOP made their choice – a leading figure in the Republican attempt to overturn the 2020 election – but he faces the same bind as his predecessor

The Guardian - UK

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vacate the chair,” what followed was weeks of uncertainty. Until conservative Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of…

The Conversation

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.

Evening Standard

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The House is now un-gaveling before our eyes’

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

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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…

The Independent UK

House GOP dumps Jim Jordan as speaker nominee to consider other candidates

The end of Mr Jordan’s bid kicks off a free-for-all to lead the House

The Guardian - AU

No matter how serious the issue, nuance becomes a thought crime for the Coalition’s court jesters

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

The Guardian - US

Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas as he urges aid for Israel and Ukraine

US president said Americans must not walk away from their role as a ‘beacon to the world’ in rare Oval Office address

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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

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan says he will seek third vote and not planning to drop out of House speaker race – as it happened

Jim Jordan says he plans to speak with the 20 Republicans who did not vote for him

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy

The Independent UK

GOP congresswoman announces retirement amid House speaker chaos

Debbie Lesko said she will not seek re-election because ‘Washington is broken’

AAP

Murray-Darling Basin plan changes pass lower house

Contentious changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have passed the House of Representatives, despite concern over water buybacks.

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy after Steve Scalise bows out

The Canberra Times

Concerns $137.5m Commonwealth Ave Bridge upgrade wouldn't future-proof it

Committee questioned NCA's decision not to demolish the bridge and build a new one.

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