A Republican congressman who supports Jim Jordan left the country to travel to Israel, further complicating Jordan's speakership bid

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Rep. Derrick Van Orden arrives to a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on the speaker of the House nomination on Thursday, October 12, 2023.

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Anonymous numbers texted the wife of a GOP congressman, pressuring him to vote for Jim Jordan as speaker

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Rep. Jim Jordan

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More than 14,000 licensed childcare centers in the US are behind on state-mandated inspections

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Toys and watering cans lie ready in a box on the grounds of a daycare center.

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Retired DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone, who was nearly killed on January 6 by pro-Trump rioters, warns against a Jim Jordan speakership: 'It's incredibly dangerous'

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DC Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone reacts as he watches video from his body camera as he answers questions before the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on US Capitol on July 27, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Republican head of the House's foreign policy committee said the current GOP caucus is 'one of the biggest threats' around

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Rep. Mike McCaul leaves a House Republican caucus meeting where the conference met to vote on a Speaker of the House nominee in the Longworth House Office Building on October 11, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Fox News host and Trump supporter Sean Hannity suggests GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is 'not qualified to be president' because he's never held public office

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 15: Host Sean Hannity as Conor McGregor visits "Hannity" at Fox News Channel Studios on March 15, 2023 in New York City.

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Nancy Mace won't support Steve Scalise as speaker because of past 'David Duke' comments despite touting his endorsement in 2020

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Rep. Nancy Mace speaks to reporters after the House Republicans nominated House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) to be their candidate for Speaker of the House, at the U.S. Capitol on October 11, 2023 in Washington, DC

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Congress is in shambles and failing America when it needs it to function most

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Caution tape blows in the wind on the east front plaza of the U.S. Capitol Building on September 27, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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Former Ohio State University wrestlers speak out against Jim Jordan: 'He doesn't deserve to be House speaker'

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio

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One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's top priorities in a new speaker is advancing a bill to restrict trans children and adults from receiving gender-affirming care

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks as the arrival of former President Donald Trump outside the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

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