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International

Leaderless US House braces for chaotic speaker election

Jim Jordan (centre), a combative conservative who has led investigations of the Biden administration, is the first to publicly say he is interested in the job.
International

With US House leaderless, Jim Jordan to run for top post

“I do not regret negotiating,” McCarthy said. “I do not regret my efforts to build coalitions and find solutions.”
International

McCarthy ouster means more turmoil as next shutdown fight looms

Kevin McCarthy, a Californian who was first elected to Congress in 2006, was ultimately forced to align with Democrats to keep the government open, a move that outraged those who finally removed him. 
International

McCarthy ends third-shortest tenure as US speaker after ouster

Kevin McCarthy had sparked fury among conservatives when he passed a bipartisan stopgap funding measure at the weekend backed by the White House to avert a government shutdown.
International

US House speaker Kevin McCarthy ejected in brutal, historic rebellion

McCarthy’s party controls the chamber by a narrow 221-212 majority, and it would take as few as five Republican defections to threaten his hold on power if all Democrats voted against him.
International

US House to vote on leadership challenge to Speaker McCarthy

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy brokered a last-gasp deal late on Saturday to keep the government funded for another 45 days, but right-wing Republicans were furious that it didn’t include the deep spending cuts they demanded.
International

US House speaker’s future remains in jeopardy following shutdown deal

Roughly a dozen conservatives sided with Democrats in a 220-206 vote that prevented the House of Representatives from taking up a gas-stove bill backed by Republican leadership, underscoring the ability of a handful of conservatives to challenge the leadership of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (pictured).
International

US House conservatives revolt against leadership, block gas stove bill

President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Jun 2, on the budget deal that lifts the federal debt limit and averts a US government default.
Opinion & Features
EDITORIAL

For a change: Bipartisanship in polarised Washington

“The agreement prevents the worst possible crisis,” Biden told reporters at the White House on Sunday after finishing his deal with McCarthy, calling it a bipartisan compromise.
International

Biden, McCarthy signal confidence debt-limit deal will pass Congress

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