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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nicola Slawson

First Thing: Kevin McCarthy faces long battle for House speaker

Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy failed to become speaker of the House after three rounds of voting. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Good morning.

In what is being described as “the most humiliating day of his political career”, the House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, is facing a protracted battle to secure the speaker’s gavel after failing to win the first three votes on the opening day of the new Congress yesterday.

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