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The Speakership Is Yours, Mike Johnson. Good Luck With That.
That House speaker mess was all Donald Trump’s fault. Yeah, yeah, I know you’re not going to argue with me…
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The Far Right Gets Its Man of the House
The new speaker, Mike Johnson, is virtually unknown to most Americans, but he can be expected to press a hard-right…
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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.…
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‘Chaos Doesn’t Scare Me. American Decline Does.’
Jim Jordan’s bid last week to become speaker of the House — together with the withdrawal on Tuesday of Thomas…
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How the Right’s Purity Tests Are Haunting the House G.O.P.
When Casey Stengel had the misfortune to be the manager of the historically inept 1962 New York Mets, his famous…
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‘5 Families’ and Factions Within Factions: Why the House G.O.P. Can’t Unite
The Republican free-for-all for speaker reflects a web of overlapping blocs that have made the party nearly ungovernable.
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Fight for Speaker Reveals Four Types of House Republicans
Jim Jordan’s bid showed the power of the ultraconservative faction in Congress.
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There’s Still No House Speaker. What Happens Now?
The House has been without a permanent speaker since Oct. 3. Here is how a new one could be elected,…
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For Biden, No Tears Over Jordan’s Predicament in the House
Faux compassion is the only kind to be found in the White House these days for Representative Jim Jordan and…
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How the G.O.P. Speaker Mess Has Divided N.Y. House Republicans
In the fight over Representative Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker, moderate Republicans are racing to outrun the chaos their party…