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Is the Republican Speakership Cursed? Mike Johnson Is About to Find Out.

Kevin McCarthy was just the latest in a series of Republican speakers and speaker wannabes who faced revolts. Speaker Mike Johnson should take note.

In Mike Johnson, Far-Right Republicans Find a Speaker They Can Embrace

The new speaker, Mike Johnson, is virtually unknown to most Americans, but he can be expected to press a hard-right social and fiscal agenda.

Another Day of G.O.P. Chaos Winds Up With Speaker Nominee No. 4

House Republicans turned on themselves as they immolated yet another of their leaders in the bonfires of the speaker fight. Then they chose their next...

After Jordan Falls, House Republicans Ask Who, and What, Is Next

A band of more mainstream Republicans brought down the hard-line conservative, but the G.O.P. has hardly stemmed the chaos.

Jordan Struggles as Republicans Sink Deeper into Division

Representative Jim Jordan’s initial defeat left the man once branded a “legislative terrorist” pressing to cut the kind of deals he has long railed against.

Republican Speaker Fight Has Parallels in the Gingrich Era

The current chaos is not the first time Republicans have found themselves rocked by a vacancy at the top.

With the World in Crisis, House Republicans Bicker Among Themselves

Despite conflicts overseas and an approaching deadline to avert a government shutdown, Republicans are unable to rise above their internal divisions.

Republicans Choose a New Speaker Nominee, Then Quickly Undercut Him

Multiple lawmakers refused to honor their party’s internal selection of Steve Scalise, continuing the chaos over the speakership with no end in sight.

After McCarthy Ouster as House Speaker, Will the Motion to Vacate Change?

Some Republicans are calling for the weapon that dethroned Kevin McCarthy to be weakened. But it is not that easy.

Behind Kevin McCarthy’s Extraordinary Downfall as House Speaker

The glib Californian made many promises and paid a price when he was unable to fulfill them. But his demise also reflected the challenge of...
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