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The Latest Breaking News from the House of Representatives

Nancy Pelosi subpoenaed to testify over hammer attack on her husband

David DePape’s trial is set to begin this month

The Independent UK

Scandal-dogged George Santos escapes GOP bid to have him expelled from House

The resolution needed a two-thirds majority to succeed, but fell well short

The Independent UK

Don't Believe Janet Yellen's Shoddy Wartime 'Girl Math'

Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.

Reason

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View from The Hill: is the political system letting down the Australian public?

This is the text of the House of Representatives Speaker’s Lecture, delivered at Parliament House on Monday, October 30

The Conversation

Mike Johnson: Who is the new Republican speaker of the US House?

Mike Johnson has become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Evening Standard

Funding for Ukraine is anything but certain after US elects new speaker

US president Joe Biden has proposed a new US$105 billion (£86.5 billion) national security aid package, including $61 billion for Ukraine.

The Conversation

Thursday briefing: Mike Johnson is the new House of Representatives’ speaker, but for how long?

After much ado, the GOP made their choice – a leading figure in the Republican attempt to overturn the 2020 election – but he faces the same bind as his predecessor

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New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

After the House of Representatives took the unprecedented step on Oct. 3, 2023, of removing its own speaker, Kevin McCarthy of California, with eight Republicans joining all 208 voting Democrats to “vacate the chair,” what followed was weeks of uncertainty. Until conservative Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson was elected speaker of…

The Conversation

OPINION - Open revenge, payback and blood hatred in the race for Speaker of the House: this is Republican politics

Almost every aspect of current Republican Party politics defies historical precedent and obvious logic. Even in the House of Representatives, where, traditionally, a save-our-jobs mentality has always maintained a relative stability, Congressional Republicans, over the past several weeks, have publicly broken down in comic and operatic ways.

Evening Standard

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The House is now un-gaveling before our eyes’

Late-night hosts discuss Tom Emmer’s short-lived bid for the House of Representatives speakership and Trump’s mounting legal woes

The Guardian - US

GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises

House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government, because the Senate can’t pass…

The Conversation

House GOP dumps Jim Jordan as speaker nominee to consider other candidates

The end of Mr Jordan’s bid kicks off a free-for-all to lead the House

The Independent UK

No matter how serious the issue, nuance becomes a thought crime for the Coalition’s court jesters

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

The Guardian - AU

Biden draws direct link between Putin and Hamas as he urges aid for Israel and Ukraine

US president said Americans must not walk away from their role as a ‘beacon to the world’ in rare Oval Office address

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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

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan says he will seek third vote and not planning to drop out of House speaker race – as it happened

Jim Jordan says he plans to speak with the 20 Republicans who did not vote for him

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy

The Independent UK

GOP congresswoman announces retirement amid House speaker chaos

Debbie Lesko said she will not seek re-election because ‘Washington is broken’

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Murray-Darling Basin plan changes pass lower house

Contentious changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have passed the House of Representatives, despite concern over water buybacks.

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

Eric Garcia chronicles how the Ohio Republican, once called a ‘legislative terrorist’ who helped Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is now trying to replace Kevin McCarthy after Steve Scalise bows out

The Canberra Times

Concerns $137.5m Commonwealth Ave Bridge upgrade wouldn't future-proof it

Committee questioned NCA's decision not to demolish the bridge and build a new one.

The Guardian - AU

Australian parliament unites to condemn hate speech including antisemitism and Islamophobia

PM says Hamas should be condemned for committing ‘mass murder on a horrific scale’ while Greens warn of ‘looming humanitarian crisis’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese deflects questions over Indigenous reconciliation as Coalition blames him for ‘divisive’ campaign

Prime minister says ‘issues that we sought to address have not gone away’ and that ‘no one is arguing for the status quo’

Sports Illustrated

Jim Jordan Speaker Candidacy Roils OSU Wrestling Community

The Ohio representative has been accused of knowing about a former team doctor’s sexual predations but doing nothing to stop him.

The Independent UK

Jim Jordan is a conservative hellraiser in the House. Now he’s Trump’s top choice for speaker

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