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Marco Rubio speaks with reporters

Senate votes to renew spy program just after midnight expiration, defeating efforts to limit FBI access to intel

By Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others

FILE – House Commerce subcommittee chair Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., speaks, Feb. 26, 2020, during a hearing on the budget and the coronavirus threat, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Eshoo announced Tuesday she is not running for reelection next year, which marks the end of her more than three decades in Congress representing California’s Silicon Valley. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File )

Democrat Anna Eshoo announces retirement after 30 years representing Silicon Valley in Congress

By Farnoush Amiri and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 25: U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) applauds alongside fellow lawmakers as the House of Representatives holds an election for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on October 25, 2023 in Washington, DC. After a contentious nominating period that has seen four candidates over a three-week period, the House GOP conference selected Johnson as their most recent nominee to succeed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who was ousted on October 4 in a move led by a small group of conservative members of his own party. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP finally unites to elect Mike Johnson as House speaker, ending 3 weeks of Congressional chaos

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

Mike Johnson walking through the halls of the Capitol building

After 3 failed attempts to elect a new speaker, Republicans put forward an obscure figure who rallied support for Trump’s 2020 election challenge

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) speaks with members of the media following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House voted to pass a short-term, bipartisan funding bill that could avert a government shutdown and sent it to the Senate just hours before a midnight deadline. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Tom Emmer abandons House Speaker bid just hours after becoming the latest GOP nominee, adding to the Congressional chaos

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 20: U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to the media as he leaves a closed-door House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House Republican caucus is searching for a new Speaker of the House candidate after Rep. Jim Jordan failed on three separate attempts to achieve a majority of votes in the House of Representatives. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republicans dump Jim Jordan as House Speaker nominee, leaving Congress in crisis yet again

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Jim Jordan

Jim Jordan supports empowering interim speaker so he can campaign for the job full-time

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Patrick McHenry, Jim Jordan

Republicans just dumped Jim Jordan again. They’re looking for another speaker candidate

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump, talks with reporters as House Republicans meet again behind closed doors to find a path to elect a new speaker after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., dropped out of the race Thursday night, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans choose Trump ally Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House speaker

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 12: U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he leaves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 12, 2023 in Washington, DC. House Republicans continue to debate their pick for Speaker after their initial nominee, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), failed to secure the number of votes needed. The full House of Representatives is expected to vote on a replacement for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he was ousted last week. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Steve Scalise withdraws his bid to become House speaker, leaving Republicans flailing yet again for a new leader

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Steve Scalise gesturing while speaking

Steve Scalise, the Republicans’ nominee for House speaker, is having trouble getting the votes he needs to win the gavel

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, and others

U.S. Rep Jim Jordan (

Donald Trump endorses ‘GREAT’ Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to take over from Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

By Jill Colvin, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Jim Jordan

The GOP is a headless elephant after the stunning McCarthy vote: ‘The circus stuff needs to happen behind closed doors’

By Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves, and others

Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer breaks down a speaker’s historic ouster in real time: ‘Anyone that replaces McCarthy understands what they face if they try to push ahead with this Ukraine’

By Irina Ivanova, Farnoush Amiri, and others

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s harshest critics, answers questions from members of the media after speaking on the House floor, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Gaetz has said he plans to use a procedural tool called a motion to vacate to try and strip McCarthy of his office as soon as this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Speaker McCarthy tells Rep Matt Gaetz to ‘bring it on’ after Florida republican files motion to oust him over deal to avert government shutdown

By Farnoush Amiri, Kevin Freking, and others