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  • 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)Politics

    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 speakingPolitics

    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 (Politics

    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 JordanPolitics

    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 BremmerPolitics

    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)Politics

    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
  • Jim JordanPolitics

    House Republicans want to hold Mark Zuckerberg in contempt, saying he ‘willfully refused’ to comply with a subpoena

    By Farnoush Amiri and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Republican rallying behind indicted Trump ‘betrays the essential principle of justice,’ top Democrat Jamie Raskin says

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. as the House moves toward passage of the debt limit bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    How Biden and House Speaker McCarthy ‘shrunk the room’ to get to a debt ceiling deal and avoid a disastrous default

    By Seung Min Kim, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a hectic series of amendment votes and final passage on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching default deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate passes Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal with just days to spare before U.S. hits default date

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. as the House moves toward passage of the debt limit bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    The Senate is racing to meet the looming debt ceiling deadline before a catastrophic default as they vow to ‘keep working until the job is done’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of R-Calif., speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R.La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listen at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    The Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal that no one liked sails through the House, leaving the Senate as the final hurdle

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthyPolitics

    Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out

    By Kevin Freking, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Representative George Santos, a Republican from New York, speaks to members of the media outside criminal court in New York, US, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Donald Trump, the first former US president to be indicted, will plead not guilty when he appears in a Manhattan state court Tuesday to face criminal charges, his defense lawyer said. Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Rep. George Santos has been indicted on federal charges after facing mockery and anger over his serial lying

    By Michael Balsamo, Farnoush Amiri, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden jokes about his age while defending the press: ‘I believe in the First Amendment and not just because my good friend Jimmy Madison wrote it’

    By Farnoush Amiri and The Associated Press