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...Mike Johnson, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, displayed singular backroom skill to emerge as the consensus candidate for the Republican party on Wednesday, after Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan...
...“The whole country, I think, would scream at Matt Gaetz right now,” McCarthy said. Gaetz separately told reporters that he was opposed to any move to name a temporary Speaker....
...All of Jordan Peele’s movies kind of operate on that frequency where you kind of know what’s gonna happen, but then it’s the unbearable tension of getting there....
...Jim Jordan is far too close to the radicals to be an acceptable choice. His main rival, Steve Scalise, has — unlike Jordan — taken a responsible stance on Ukraine....
...Matt Gaetz, the Florida congressman who led the charge to remove McCarthy from the Speaker’s chair, acknowledged in a Time magazine interview last year: “Kevin McCarthy is the most elite fundraiser in the...
...But several of his allies had rallied around Jordan’s candidacy in recent days. It remained unclear on Thursday night whether Jordan would once again pursue the Speakership....
...Earlier this month, the former president stayed on the sidelines of the battle for Speaker, as Matt Gaetz, the firebrand Republican congressman from Florida — and staunch Trump ally — led a rebellion to...
...A former college wrestling coach, Jordan has long been a vocal ally of Donald Trump. As a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, Jordan is popular with the party’s right wing....
...Jordan backers....
...Johnson, 51, has until now been a lower-profile member of Congress than Scalise, Jordan or Emmer....
...Trump initially endorsed Jordan for Speaker....
...In a letter asking colleagues for their support, Jordan said Congress was at a “critical crossroad in our nation’s history”....
...What I call the kamikaze caucus, led by Matt Gaetz, defenestrated Kevin McCarthy with the single member “motion to vacate” on October 3....
...It is doubtful that any commitment would satisfy Matt Gaetz, the uber-disruptive Florida lawmaker who triggered last Tuesday’s motion against McCarthy....
...State department spokesperson Matt Miller said if the Rafah crossing was open then “we will be trying to get out the American citizens who are in Gaza”....
...His perky new movie Air is a period piece, set in that same year, with Matt Damon and Viola Davis among the stars. It tells the origin story of the Nike Air Jordan....
...You can also just use your eyes, says Jordan. “Check what neighbouring gardens are growing....
...“I remember as a kid when Daniel Day-Lewis and Brenda Fricker and Neil Jordan [other Irish creatives] won. They’re massive....
...Do Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan, the two Republicans running to replace McCarthy, even exercise?...
...Michael Jordan....
...These included its chairman, Trae Stephens, chief executive Brian Schimpf and chief operating officer Matt Grimm....
...There are quilts by Appalachian craftspeople and the Alabaman Gee’s Bend collective, antique Navajo weavings, and work by contemporary makers — ranging from New York-based Jordan Nassar, who uses traditional...
...Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, UAE: financial markets closed for Eid al-Adha....
...McCarthy lost a third round of voting after Byron Donalds, a congressman from Florida, switched allegiance to Jordan, bringing the votes against McCarthy to 20....
...McCarthy appeared visibly upset by the result, and in a last-ditch attempt walked over to Florida’s Matt Gaetz and Colorado’s Lauren Boebert before the vote officially closed....
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