House speaker vote: Right-wingers spurn talk of deal as McCarthy humiliation to continue for fourth day – live
Kevin McCarthy continues to fail to get enough votes to become the next House speaker
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In Peru, protesters demand the resignation of President Boluarte
After a fortnight-long break, Peruvians took to the streets again on Wednesday, blocking roads countrywide to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, who took over from her ousted predecessor in December.
California faces another atmospheric river storm as severe weather hits US
Emergency crews braced for the latest bout of high winds and torrential rains sweeping California on Wednesday, renewing the threat of power outages and deadly flooding that gripped parts of San Francisco Bay and Sacramento over New Year’s weekend.
Amazon to cut more than 18,000 jobs, including in Europe
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Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger seen in new mugshot after arriving in Moscow wearing protective helmet
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McCarthy delays next vote until Thursday after six humiliating defeats in Speaker bid
Republicans see little progress after marathon of votes
Matt Gaetz’s demands include a committee to investigate FBI, as he calls McCarthy a ‘desperate guy’
Florida representative one of leaders of faction blocking Kevin McCarthy election as House Speaker
Deadlocked US House adjourns without electing speaker for second day
House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their n…
US settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status
A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children will be allowed to remain in the country for at least the next four years under…
US House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on
As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect