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Speaker fiasco lays bare ungovernable dysfunction of House Republicans

One branch of US government has ground to a halt amid death threats and screaming matches as Republicans fail to unite around a candidate for speaker

The Guardian - US

Biden visits war zone as GOP melts down

There's a tiny, stupid war raging within the Republican Party. Joe Biden paid attention to the war that matters

Salon

This is how the Republican Party became so strongly pro-Israel

The GOP hasn't always been so focused on Israel, but evangelicals, partisan sorting and neoconservatism all helped change that. Those ties take center stage now as the Israel-Hamas war rages on.

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Former Senator Predicts Rocky Tenure For Rep. Jim Jordan As House Speaker

McCaskill expresses doubts over Jordan's ability to navigate Republican chaos and secure lasting speakership.

Zenger

Why are Republicans failing over and over to find a speaker of the House?

Many Republicans have no interest in public service, an ideological hostility to functional government and an insatiable thirst for attention

The Guardian - US

Jim Jordan: The Perfect Speaker for a Policy-Free GOP

As long as the Republican Party is a policy-free zone, Jordan might as well be the guy in charge.

Reason

Republican Will Hurd on his failed quest for president: ‘I’m going to always look at this fondly’

The former Texas congressman’s long-shot 2024 bid has come to an end, but he has no regrets – and he insists Trump’s nomination is not inevitable

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Will GOP "ignarrogance" lead to doom?

Even if Jim Jordan wins, the speaker's chair will still be vacant. What the hell happened to the Republican Party?

Salon

Hard-right House Republicans are against Ukraine aid – and they seem to be in charge

The chaos in the House may have devastating outcomes for the people of Ukraine, some experts warn

The Guardian - US

Trump's disorder infects the globe

Donald Trump claims the Gaza war is all about him — and at this point, that staggering narcissism is no surprise

Salon

The Israel crisis is horrific. Republicans say it’s a ‘great opportunity’ to attack Biden

From the beginning of this violent nightmare, many Republicans have seemed more interested in exploiting the situation politically

The Guardian - US

Ex-GOP congressman Will Hurd drops out of 2024 race and endorses rival

‘If the Republican party nominates Donald Trump or the various personalities jockeying to imitate his divisive, crass behavior, we will lose,’ Hurd says as he drops out

The Independent UK

"The old Right has left the building"

Power expert explains how MAGA is "consciously manipulated" by "a fear and loathing of liberals"

Salon

Trump vs Haley vs DeSantis: inside the real battle for the 2024 Republican nomination

Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for US president for a third race in a row? To answer this question, we must understand the political dynamics in the United States at a deeper level than the headlines.

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Pence accuses Trump, DeSantis and Ramaswamy of ‘appeasement’ over their isolationism

Advocates for US involvement in world affairs see their moment amid Republican jousting

The Guardian - US

‘They didn’t stand up to Trump’: how the Republican party descended into disarray

The GOP was once feared for its ability to unite and win – but Kevin McCarthy’s demise shows a party deeply divided

The Guardian - UK

The Republican party is at last paying the price of its Faustian pact with Trump

The ousting by extremists of House speaker Kevin McCarthy is a sign of the GOP’s willingness to test the limits of US democracy

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Jeered in Washington by his fellow Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz gets cheers back home

The Florida congressman is proud to be the one to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That move hasn't won him any prizes with House Republicans but his constituents want to see more just like it.

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The Guardian - US

Hillary Clinton says Trump supporters may need to be ‘deprogrammed’

In an interview on CNN the former senator and secretary of state also called the ex-president ‘an authoritarian populist’

The Hindu

Fractured collective: On Kevin McCarthy’s ouster as U.S. House Speaker

Ouster of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the top post of the lower chamber of Congress has once again left the Republican Party exposed as a fractured collective.

The Independent UK

Hillary Clinton says Trump followers need ‘deprogamming from his cult’

Hillary Clinton went on to admit that she thinks Mr Trump will ‘likely’ be the Republican 2024 presidential nominee, but predicts a victory for President Joe Biden

The Independent UK

Republicans support scrapping rule that allowed Gaetz to oust McCarthy

Earlier this year, Kevin McCarthy agreed to lower the threshold for the motion to vacate from a party’s majority to one member

The Guardian - US

Kevin McCarthy is as responsible as anyone for his own downfall

Congressional Republicans were deliberately radicalized – and McCarthy, whatever he may say, played a key role

The Conversation

Why are brown and Black people supporting the far right?

The Republican Party in the United States has moved farther right in recent years. And as it’s done so, you would think racialized Americans might be distancing themselves from it and its policies.

Al Jazeera

Who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next US House speaker?

Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan from the Republican Party have declared their candidacy for the role.

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