The Latest Breaking News from Steve Scalise

Scalise defeats Jim Jordan by 113 votes to 99 but falls short of threshold needed to be elected speaker on House floor

MAGA Republican, who has endorsed Jim Jordan for the House speaker role, told reporters that she was wearing the ‘scarlet letter’ as a symbol that she had been ‘demonised’ at the Capitol this week

House Republicans began formally debating who should be their next speaker Tuesday night ahead of a potential GOP conference vote Wednesday.

Congressmen Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are vying for the Speakership, but questions remain over whether they can muster the votes

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Republican speakers have allowed a conservative faction to have outsized power for years. Now the House is speaker-less and paralyzed.

House to select speaker as soon as Wednesday, but that’s no guarantee that the chaos will subside

The House has been left in turmoil after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on 3 October. As Republicans scramble to find his successor, here’s a look at some of the possible contenders. Rachel Sharp reports

After almost a decade as GOP whip and nine months as majority leader, Scalise battles concerns about his health following 2017 shooting and blood cancer diagnosis