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UPDATE: Back to square one: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is out as the Republican nominee for Speaker of the House. Jordan fell short in roll call votes this week, and lost even more ground in a third ballot Friday. “We need to come together and figure out who are speaker is going to be,” Jordan …

The Republican conference on Friday voted to no longer back House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as its Speaker nominee. The secret ballot vote came hours after Jordan’s third failed ballot on the House floor. He had lost GOP support with each successive vote. Friday marks the latest drama in the more than two-week saga […]

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win the Speakership in the first round of voting Tuesday after 20 Republicans withheld support from his bid, denying him the votes needed to secure the gavel. The vote was 200 for Jordan, 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (

After Republicans failed to elect Rep. Jim Jordan as Speaker on Tuesday, the party is now considering formally electing the man who filled-in temporarily while his colleagues fought over the position.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win the Speakership in the first round of voting Tuesday after 20 Republicans withheld support from his bid, denying him the votes needed to secure the gavel. The vote was 200 for Jordan, 212 for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), six for former Speaker Kevin…

Jordan, the baggage-touting, election-denying, shutdown enthusiast, who John Boehner once disgustedly christened a “legislative terrorist,” is trying to pitch himself as a Republican unifier ahead of his uncertain floor vote for speaker Tuesday.

The Hamas terror group's brutal attack on Israel could shake up the race for Speaker of the House as some Republicans press for the immediate installation of a leader to address the growing international crisis.

A planned joint interview with three Republican lawmakers vying for House speaker has been called off after the candidates opted to buck the televised affair amid criticism in the GOP.

Rep. Garret Graves doesn't believe that his fellow Republicans can corral a consensus candidate to replace Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker by next week.