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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy emerges as key GOP agitator in U.S. House speaker fight

Three Texas Republicans, including Roy, voted three times against U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to be House speaker. They’re demanding rules changes that would give more power to rank-and-file members.

The Texas Tribune

Razor-thin GOP majority in Congress rests on 4 ‘extra’ seats from Texas gerrymander

WASHINGTON — When the new Congress opens for business Tuesday, two-thirds of the Texans taking the oath of office will be Republicans.

Tribune News Service

Welfare scandal sharpens contrasts in long-poor Mississippi

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families is supposed to help some of the poorest people, and Mississippi has long been one of the poorest states in the U.S. But a welfare misspending scandal in Republican-led Mississippi has ensnared high-profile people, including retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre

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McCarthy opponents unmoved as speaker election drags on - Roll Call

A bloc of Republican opponents Tuesday kept Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker on three ballots. The House adjourned until noon Wednesday.

Roll Call

‘Good riddance’: Republicans remove metal detectors from House chamber

As Republicans took control of the House on Tuesday, they wasted no time in erasing one symbol of the previous era — metal detectors.

Roll Call

Republicans Control the House but Can't Compromise on Someone To Lead It

Plus: Appeals court upholds policy linking bathrooms to biological sex, the worst states for taxes, and more...

Reason

Opponents deny McCarthy speaker’s gavel on first vote - Roll Call

Opposition from fellow Republicans denied Kevin McCarthy the role of House speaker on the first roll call vote in the 118th Congress.

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A record-breaking number of women were elected governor in 2022 – here are 7 things to know about how that happened

Twelve women won a governor’s office in the November 2022 midterm election. Those 12 represent a record number of women governors, more than one-quarter of the 46 women who have ever served as governor since 1974.

The Conversation

Republican areas saw ‘baby boom’ after Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential win

Researchers suggest Trump’s presidency increased Republicans’ economic optimism, motivating them to have more children

The Independent UK

Pundits Predicted a Backlash Against Criminal Justice Reform in the Midterms. What Happened?

While rising crime created headwinds for candidates who supported criminal justice reform, the apocalyptic storm never quite arrived.

Reason

“It takes time to get stuff done”: New Texas congressman promises results, not rhetoric

Nathaniel Moran, the former Smith County judge, has promised to be a staunch conservative who will pass legislation. That worries some of his constituents.

The Texas Tribune

Mitch McConnell becomes longest-serving party leader in Senate history

The Kentucky senator has delighted supporters and bedeviled critics in his 16 years as party leader.

Axios

Media: Resist the fake Biden hearings!

Republicans know how to manipulate the "both sides" impulse of the press. Hunter Biden's laptop is not a story

Salon

Doyle McManus: This is the last column about Donald Trump you'll get from me. (Maybe.)

Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a "red wave," a Republican sweep in the House and Senate.

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House leadership is in limbo as McCarthy loses 3 rounds of voting for speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary votes to become House speaker in another round of voting — the third — after 20 House Republicans voted against him.

Tribune News Service

Runoffs targeted in latest effort to tweak Georgia elections

Another prolonged and contentious election year in Georgia has legislators considering whether to kill off runoffs once and for all.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Plans White House Event Marking Jan. 6 Attack

US President Joe Biden plans to commemorate the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol with a White House ceremony, according to a schedule released by his office on Monday. Friday's event will mark a rare moment for Biden to wade into the live issues stoked…

Salon

McCarthy faces "Republican failures"

On New Year's Day, McCarthy met with other Republicans to try to secure their vote for him as House Speaker

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Matthew Yglesias: Nancy Pelosi’s lesson for her Republican successor

Rep. Kevin McCarthy is campaigning very hard to become the next speaker of the House, making all sorts of promises as he tries to round up the votes he needs. Yet it remains the case that anyone would struggle to do the job as currently constructed.

Bangkok Post

US Republicans to pick Speaker in high-wire political thriller

WASHINGTON: US Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realizing his dream of becoming one of the country's top statesmen on Tuesday -- in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama "House of Cards" that could as easily end with his career in tatters.

Tribune News Service

Former Michigan GOP chair says Rudy Giuliani gave her COVID, details discord over false elector plot

LANSING, Mich. — Laura Cox, former chairwoman of the Michigan GOP, told a committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol that she contracted COVID-19 from Rudy Giuliani and had concerns about the idea of Republicans signing certificates falsely claiming Donald Trump won the 2020 election.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis’ second inauguration is being watched closely as a preview of what’s to come

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Ron DeSantis will be sworn in Tuesday to his second term as Florida’s 46th governor, and it is already being seen as the start of his audition for the presidency.

Al Jazeera

The US House may not have a speaker when it convenes. Here’s why

Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy may fall short of securing majority amid opposition from far-right party members.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans move to retain Jan. 6 committee documents

WASHINGTON — Republicans are attempting to pass a new House rule to block materials compiled by the panel that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection from immediately going to the National Archives.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Kevin McCarthy scrambles to line up Republican votes ahead of House speaker election

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Monday scrambled to line up enough Republican votes to win election as speaker of the House as a handful of right-wing holdouts continued to warn they will not support him.

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