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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

epa10897957 Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy responds to a question from the news media as he walks to the House floor in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 03 October 2023. Speaker of the House McCarthy faces a motion to vacate, stripping him of the speakership, from Republican Representative from Florida Matt Gaetz. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW
International

McCarthy ouster means more turmoil as next shutdown fight looms

McCarthy ends third-shortest tenure as US speaker after ouster
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

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks with members of the media following passage in the House of a 45-day continuing resolution on September 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. The House voted to pass a short-term, bipartisan funding bill that could avert a government shutdown and sent it to the Senate just hours before a midnight deadline. Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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 Friday, June 2, 2023, 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

Biden says he doesn’t foresee any sticking points that can derail the agreement.
International

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

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