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McCarthy defiant despite 11th humiliating defeat: ‘It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish’

California Republican’s string of defeats lead to longest speaker contest in more than a century

The Independent UK

Republican right-wingers derail 11th attempt to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker of US House of Representatives

‘Apparently I like to make history’, says California Republican

Evening Standard

California's Newsom to launch 2nd term with contrast to GOP

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to kick off his second term by comparing his leadership style to that of Republican governors and former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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These Republicans are blocking McCarthy from becoming US House Speaker

WASHINGTON: The US House speaker fight has completed an 11th vote — the most since before the Civil War — and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy still hasn’t secured enough backers.

The Times of India

McCarthy Attempts To Cut A Deal While Dissenters Nominate Trump, Hern For House Speaker

The House of Representatives has yet to pick a speaker over the span of three days and 11-straight voting sessions

Zenger

As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to keep his bid for speaker alive, after he failed to gain enough votes for the post over three days

The Independent UK

McCarthy foes relish the fight: 'A really beautiful thing'

What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work

The Independent UK

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McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight

The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge

The Independent UK

The House last struggled to elect a speaker 100 years ago. Here's what happened

Both Kevin McCarthy and the nominee for speaker a century ago represented a party establishment regarded with hostility by a potent faction of the party. They became the embodiment of its grievances.

WEKU

Force behind Arizona's 'show me your papers' law dead at 75

Russell Pearce, a Republican lawmaker who was the driving force behind Arizona’s landmark 2010 immigration legislation known as the “show me your papers” law, has died

The Independent UK

Still without a 'speaker', US Congress remains paralysed

For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the US House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.

France 24

House adjourns for night after Kevin McCarthy amasses 11 speaker vote losses

WASHINGTON — The House adjourned Thursday with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California still in search of more than a dozen elusive votes to become speaker.

Los Angeles Times

NC state superintendent responds to ‘claims about wokeism’ and fired teacher lawsuit

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s top education official sent a letter to state lawmakers over the holidays pushing back on a lawsuit from a teacher claiming he was fired for criticizing Critical Race Theory.

Tribune News Service

Historic deadlock continues: McCarthy takes another loss on 11th speaker ballot

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California failed Thursday in five more attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga over which Republican will succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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Meet Cheryl Johnson, the woman directing Congress through historic chaos

WASHINGTON — House Clerk Cheryl Johnson has become an unlikely folk hero in Washington this week, running the lower chamber of Congress with a steady hand as Republicans struggle to elect a speaker amid historic chaos.

Chicago Sun-Times

On 3rd long day of GOP House speaker fight, McCarthy fails again, and again, and ...

Pressure was building as McCarthy lost seventh, eighth and then historic ninth and 10th rounds of voting, surpassing the number it took the last time this happened, 100 years ago, in a prolonged fight to choose a speaker.

Tribune News Service

‘We’re toast,’ Nevada Republican elector wrote before Jan. 6 rally

LAS VEGAS — Text exchanges between two of Nevada’s Republican electors who signed fake electoral certificates declaring President Donald Trump the winner in 2020 reveal a roller coaster of emotions.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: A dysfunctional GOP can’t even pick a speaker. Bad for Republicans, worse for America

It’s hard to find a better microcosm for today’s Republican Party than the self-inflicted debacle that America witnessed this week.

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The Texas Tribune

Chip Roy, key McCarthy opponent, steps up as top negotiator in House speaker standoff

Roy has differentiated himself from peers like Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida, who are referred to as the “Never Kevins,” amid a historic House vote.

Roll Call

McCarthy, holdouts discussing possible deal for speaker's gavel - Roll Call

Republican leader Kevin McCarthy provided a written offer Thursday to his GOP opponents on rules changes and other demands.

Los Angeles Times

Historic deadlock continues: McCarthy takes another loss on 10th speaker ballot

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California on Thursday failed in four more attempts to be elected speaker, extending the saga to determine which Republican will succeed Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Tribune News Service

Here's who might run for Debbie Stabenow's Senate seat

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow's announcement Thursday that she won't run for re-election shocked Michigan's political class and sparked buzz across the halls of Capitol Hill and Lansing about who would throw in for the battleground race in 2024.

The Independent UK

Republican Jim Pillen sworn in as 41st governor of Nebraska

Jim Pillen has been sworn in as Nebraska's 41st governor, joining a slew of Republicans who claimed all of the state’s top executive offices

Salon

Gaetz votes for Trump as speaker

During Thursday's seventh voting session, Gaetz shook things up by dragging Trump into the mix

Tribune News Service

In response to insurrection, Gavin Newsom will march to state Capitol Jan. 6 for inauguration

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, who assailed conservative Republican leaders and their policies while celebrating California’s progressive values during his first four years in office, is launching his second term in similar fashion.

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