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Washington CNN  —  Rep. Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the House, has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and was a key congressional figure in the…

Rep. Carlos Gimenez arrives at a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on October 24. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Rep. Carlos Gimenez, who once pronounced himself OK – Only…

Rep. Matt Gaetz leaves a Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Thursday. Alex Brandon/AP Amid the ongoing chaos in the speaker-less House, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz…

CNN  —  Rep. Jim Jordan’s speaker bid is in peril as the Ohio Republican confronts steep opposition from members of his own party, raising serious questions over whether he can…

CNN  —  Rep. Jim Jordan won the support of several key skeptics in the Republican conference Monday, bolstering momentum for his bid for speaker ahead of a planned floor vote…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene leaves a House Republican caucus meeting where the conference voted on a Speaker of the House nominee in the Longworth House Office Building on October 11…

CNN  —  The congressman temporarily leading the House of Representatives as it searches for a new speaker was selected for the job by Rep. Kevin McCarthy before he was ousted…

CNN  —  House lawmakers are scrambling to determine whether acting Speaker Patrick McHenry can participate in a so-called Gang of Eight intelligence briefing on the unfolding crisis in Israel, a…

CNN  —  There was only one way the chaos in the Republican-led House – likened Thursday by one of its members to a “stupid clown car” – could get more…

CNN  —  Getting rid of Kevin McCarthy didn’t solve anything. Whoever succeeds the former House speaker will need to defuse the hazardous and self-defeating political forces inside the Republican conference…