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Trump dominates GOP primary and settles into new role: Defendant

Front-runner for Republican presidential nomination spent two days this week in a Manhattan courtroom where his civil fraud trial is unfolding

The Independent UK

Photos of the week: Speakerless edition - Roll Call

House Republicans spent another week searching for someone, anyone, to elect speaker. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there.

Roll Call

Key terms explained as Trump faces multiple criminal proceedings

Republican 2024 contender is the first former US president ever to face charges

The Independent UK

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Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Republican former president Donald Trump faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK

Texas’ three GOP holdouts vote against Jim Jordan for third time

U.S. Reps. Kay Granger of Fort Worth, Tony Gonzales of San Antonio and Jake Ellzey of Midlothian were among 22 other Republicans and all Democrats voting against Jordan in a third attempt at electing a new speaker this week.

The Texas Tribune

Former Florida Republican lawmaker sent to prison for Covid-19 aid fraud

Joe Harding, who sponsored ‘don’t say gay’ law, must serve four months for claiming $150,000 in relief funds

The Guardian - US

Lawmakers describe more threats related to speaker race, Israel-Hamas conflict - Roll Call

The Capitol Police have faced an increase in reports of threats against members of Congress and their families this month.

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Jim Jordan Is Trying To Buy the Speakership With Tax Breaks for Wealthy Residents of Blue States

It's a maneuver that makes little fiscal, philosophical, or political sense, but thankfully it also seems unlikely to work.

Reason

Jimmy Kimmel: Republicans are ‘reaching across the aisle to grab each other by the throats’

Late-night hosts continued to poke fun at the Republican chaos that has led to speaker-less House while also finding time to jab at Sidney Powell

The Guardian - US

Watch live: US House expected to vote for third time on whether to elect Jim Jordan as speaker

Watch live as the US House of Representatives is expected to vote for a third time on whether to elect hardline Republican Jim Jordan, a longtime critic of leadership, as speaker.

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan loses third House speaker vote as Republican holdouts reach 25

Republicans plan to retreat once again behind closed doors to chart next steps following third vote over far-right congressman

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan says he’s ‘going back to work’ after losing secret ballot for House speaker candidacy – as it happened

Jordan says ‘it’s time to unite’ after losing multiple elections this week; secret ballot vote to remove him as speaker candidate comes after third loss

The Guardian - US

Republicans continue effort to erode US child labor rules despite teen deaths

Violations have soared but legislative efforts to strengthen protection for young workers have received little support

The Guardian - US

Polls reveal a crisis of moral clarity

In the Age of Trump, Republicans now believe that presidential moral leadership is increasingly unimportant

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Republican states swore off a voting tool. Now they're scrambling to recreate it

Nine GOP-led states have now pulled out of ERIC, which helps members find election fraud and keep their voter lists up to date. And experts say their new efforts to replicate the group aren't as good.

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The latest from Kentucky’s gubernatorial race

Welcome to the Friday, October 20, Brew.

Roll Call

House to try again on Jordan speaker vote amid determined opposition - Roll Call

The House will vote again Friday morning at 10 a.m. on whether Rep. Jim Jordan should be speaker.

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Jordan Puts Speaker Bid On Hold, Endorses McHenry As Interim Speaker

Jim Jordan backs Patrick McHenry as interim Speaker of the House amid Republican division.

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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

Roll Call

Getting a new speaker may not clear hurdles to agriculture bills - Roll Call

Even without the battle over House speaker, GOP divisions threaten farm programs in a defeated spending bill and an overdue policy bill.

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 Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans oppose a temporary speaker as U.S. House struggles to find leadership

The move would let the House act on legislation amid the Israel-Hamas war and other priorities, but several Texans recoiled at the idea, saying it would hand power to Democrats and break trust with supporters.

The Guardian - US

US senators to reportedly visit Middle East to show support for Israel

Lindsey Graham, who said he wants to see Gaza ‘levelled’, among bipartisan group expected to visit Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

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

WEKU

Rep. Jim Jordan to pursue third vote to be speaker of the House

Ohio Republican Jim Jordan says he will call for a third ballot vote in his bid to become speaker of the House.

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