20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot

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Don Bacon, Jim Jordan, and Kay Granger
Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio (center) failed to win enough support to become speaker of the House on the first ballot. Republican Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska (left) and Kay Granger of Texas both opposed him on the first ballot.

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says it would be a 'good idea' for the Supreme Court to institute an ethics code

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US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

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Read the federal gag order that bars Trump from insulting prosecutors and witnesses — but explicitly lets him attack Mike Pence

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Former President Donald Trump.

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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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Here's what we know about Jim Jordan and the Ohio State University wrestling scandal

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Rep. Jim Jordan speaks during a CPAC conference in Texas in 2022.
Rep. Jim Jordan speaks during a CPAC conference in Texas in 2022.

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President Biden Trolls Trump on Truth Social

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President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched its account on former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform on Monday. The reason?

Gagged but still hollering, Donald Trump returns to his NY fraud trial and calls AG Letitia James a lunatic

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Trump returned to his fraud trial on Tuesday, putting on another show for reporters outside his courtroom.

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A Berkeley law professor is telling law firms not to hire his antisemitic students

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University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.

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President Biden to visit Israel at 'critical moment,' his second visit to a war zone this year

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US President Joe Biden speaks at a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House on October 11, 2023.
US President Joe Biden speaks at a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House on October 11, 2023.

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The House Republican Conference has been built for chaos since the 1990s. It only took one slim majority for that to blow up on them.

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Former House speakers Newt Gingrich, left, and Kevin McCarthy.

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