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☆ These are the House Republicans running for speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The high-stakes race for House speaker enters a new phase this week, with a slate of new candidates vying for the gavel following Rep. Jim Jordan’s exit from the race. The former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman was first elected to Congress in 2014 and became majority whip earlier this year. Bergman is a member of the House Armed Services Committee where he chairs the Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee. Scott, who represents Georgia’s 8th Congressional District, serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Armed Services Committee and the House Agriculture Committee. Johnson sits on the House Judiciary Committee, Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government and on the House Armed Services Committee.

Persons: Jim Jordan’s, Kevin McCarthy, Tom Emmer Emmer, ” McCarthy, “ He’s, Tom, ”, ” Emmer, Donald Trump, Emmer, Kevin Hern The, Hern, McCarthy, Jack Bergman Bergman, –, Bergman, Austin Scott The, Austin Scott The Georgia Republican –, Scott, Byron Donalds The, ” Donalds, Francis Rooney, Donalds, Mike Johnson The, ” Johnson, Johnson, Pete Sessions, Colin Allred, Sessions, Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Ukraine –, Dan Meuser, Elise Stefanik, Meuser, Tom Corbett, Gary Palmer Palmer, Palmer, Steve Scalise Organizations: CNN, Republicans, GOP, Minnesota Republican, Press, Caucus, National Republican, Minnesota, Financial Services, Rep, Kevin Hern The Oklahoma Republican, Republican, Committee, McDonalds, Small Business, US Marines, Michigan’s, House Armed, Austin Scott The Georgia Republican, Jordan, California Republican, University of Georgia, Congressional, Intelligence, House Armed Services Committee, Agriculture, Byron Donalds The Florida Republican, Freedom Caucus, GOP Rep, Florida’s, Florida State University, Mike Johnson The Louisiana Republican, House Republican, House GOP, Federal Government, Pete Sessions Sessions, Texas, ”, Sessions, Trump, Pennsylvania Republican, Gov, Alabama’s, Energy, Commerce Locations: Michigan, Austin Scott The Georgia, Ohio, California, Georgia, Florida, Mike Johnson The Louisiana, House, Dallas, Waco , Texas, Ukraine, Pennsylvania, Alabama

House Republicans entered the weekend without their leading speaker candidate, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who dropped out of the race on Friday. "This is embarrassing for the Republican Party, embarrassing for the nation," former speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Ca., said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney did not voice support for any specific candidate, saying on CNN's "State of the Union" that the current state of House Republican dysfunction is not surprising. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who served from 1995 to 1999, said the House Republicans are dragging their feet. Of the nine candidates in the speaker race so far, none are women.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, House Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, McCarthy, Jordan, Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Jack Bergman, Gary Palmer, Mike Johnson, Byron Donalds, Pete Sessions, Austin Scott, Dan Meuser, Dan Meuser , Pennsylvania McCarthy, Emmer, Michael Turner, Michael McCaul, Turner, Liz Cheney, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich, Elise Stefanik, Beth Van Duyne, McCaul, reconvene, Patrick McHenry Organizations: Rep, U.S . Rep, House Pro Tempore, U.S, Capitol, House Republicans, Republicans, Republican Party, Press, Republican, Kevin Hern , Oklahoma Rep, Michigan Rep, Louisiana Rep, Florida Rep, Texas Rep, Fox, Foreign Affairs, Hamas Locations: Washington, Ohio, Minnesota, Kevin Hern , Oklahoma, Michigan, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Dan Meuser ,, Israel, Ukraine, R

☆ Matt Gaetz blasts the House GOP secret ballot process that knocked off Jim Jordan as the party's speaker nominee: 'It's as swampy as swamp gets'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz on Friday expressed dismay at Jim Jordan's removal as the GOP speaker nominee. "It's as swampy as swamp gets, and Jim Jordan deserved better than that," Gaetz told reporters. The decision sank the House chamber into further disarray, more than weeks after Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted as speaker. "It's as swampy as swamp gets, and Jim Jordan deserved better than that." Democrats could potentially be in the mix to back a particular GOP speaker nominee if some sort of legislative deals are made, but it is unclear what those terms would look like or if it would actually happen.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan's, Jim Jordan, Gaetz, —, Jim Jordan's speakership, Kevin McCarthy of, Jordan, Tom Emmer, Byron Donalds of, Jack Bergman of, Austin Scott of Georgia, McCarthy's, McCarthy, Steve Scalise, who's Organizations: Service, House Republican, Republican, United States Congress, Florida Republican, Rep, Jack Bergman of Michigan, Republicans, GOP Locations: Kevin McCarthy of California, Washington, Jordan, Minnesota, Byron Donalds of Florida, Louisiana

☆ Are vampires real? Scientists have linked diseases and decomposition to all the historical tropes of Nosferatu
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. But many modern notions of vampires started with the 1700s media frenzy and continued with "Dracula" and other tales. "It's not like a vampire disease where people are wandering the earth for years and years getting to look more and more like vampires," he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhile sunlight sapped the count's powers, it was not until the 1922 film "Nosferatu" that the sun's rays killed vampires. As scientists began to learn and understand more about the body and death, stories about vampires started to evolve.

Persons: —, Varney, Michael Hefferon, They're, Hefferon, Michael Bell, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Stoker, Vlad the, Abraham Van Helsing, Vlad III, Vlad, Bram Stoker's, Emily Gerard, Marion McGarry, Charlotte, Charlotte Stoker's, McGarry, sickles, Mercy Bell, she'd, bloating, John Polidori, debonair Lord Ruthven, Lord Byron, Ruthven Organizations: Service, Getty, Dermatology Locations: Serbia, Vienna, Berlin, Paris, London, Romania, Serbian, Austria, Poland, Exeter , Rhode Island

☆ House speaker vote live updates: Jim Jordan fails to win speakership in third vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Shania Shelton | Paul Leblanc | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

Jim Jordan again failed to win the speakership during the third round of voting. There were 25 House Republicans who voted for someone other than Jordan – a higher number of GOP votes against him than in the first two failed votes in a sign that opposition to his bid is growing. In the first round of voting, 20 House Republicans voted for someone else. In the second round, that number rose to 22. Here's are the Republicans who did not vote for Jordan in the third round, and who they voted for instead:

Persons: Jim Jordan, Jordan –, Steve Scalise, Kevin McCarthy, Byron Donalds, Patrick McHenry, Mike Garcia, Bruce Westerman, Tom Emmer, Lee Zeldin, Jordan Organizations: Republicans

☆ US House speaker race: Who's in, who's out
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/8] U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) speaks to reporters on his way into a House Republican candidates forum to make his pitch to be the next GOP House Speaker nominee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. October 23, 2023. OUT: BYRON DONALDSDonalds, a Republican from Florida and member of the hardline House Freedom Caucus, dropped out after four rounds of voting on Tuesday. OUT: PETE SESSIONSSessions was one of the more experienced candidates, having chaired the powerful House Rules Committee and headed the House Republican's campaign arm. The chair of the House Republican Policy Committee, whose goal is to unite congressional Republicans, dropped out on Tuesday. OUT: DAN MEUSERMeuser, who is from Pennsylvania and has been in the House for four years, dropped out on Monday.

Persons: Pete Sessions, Jonathan Ernst, Kevin McCarthy, Emmer, MIKE JOHNSON Johnson, BYRON DONALDS Donalds, KEVIN HERN Hern, AUSTIN SCOTT Scott, JACK BERGMAN Bergman, Sessions, GARY PALMER Palmer, Donald Trump, MEUSER Meuser, Katharine Jackson, David Morgan, Diane Bartz, Andy Sullivan, Makini Brice, Moira Warburton, David Ljunggren, Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, David Gregorio, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: U.S, Republican, GOP, Capitol, REUTERS, Rights, U.S . House, Caucus, Committee, Marine, House Republican, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, U.S, Minnesota, Louisiana, Florida, Oklahoma, Georgia, Pennsylvania

☆ 11-year-old De’Evan McFall dreamed of making it to the NFL. A stray bullet stopped that goal in its tracks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —To hear 11-year-old De’Evan McFall tell it, he was going all the way to the NFL or NBA. And De’Evan could have been far more than a youth league legend if he had the chance, the coach believes. But on January 15, De’Evan was shot and killed by a stray bullet fired by a teenage girl who was fighting another girl, Dallas police said. The teen who fired the gun had been fighting De’Evan’s sister, according to De’Evan’s mother, Vashunte Settles. In just seconds, Settles became one of the hundreds of parents to lose children to gun violence this year.

Persons: ”, Byron Sanders, De’Evan’s, Sanders, De’Evan, Vashunte, De'Evan McFall, Choppa, “, he’s, ” De’Evan, wouldn’t, …, De'Evan's, ” Sanders, who’ve, Shay Govan, Govan, De'Evan, Angela, ” Govan, that’s what’s, they’d, ” De'Evan, NLE Choppa Organizations: CNN, NFL, De’Evan’s Dallas, football team, DeSoto Colts, Dallas, NBA, Firearms Locations: Govan

☆ Reality check, as Country Garden sells down a barely started Australia project
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

That has left Country Garden, once China's biggest private developer, which on Wednesday reiterated it was unlikely to meet all of its offshore debt repayments amid liquidity problems, trying to sell a project that is barely started and mired in uncertainty. Unlike Country Garden's other global projects, its financial exposure in Australia is mostly land purchase price and costs associated with subdivision. Country Garden Australia CEO Guotao Hu said in a statement the company's Australian assets "continue to perform well, in line with normal market behaviour and as planned". Country Garden did not disclose a purchase price when it announced the subdivision project in 2019, with a declaration at the time that "Risland is with the Wilton community for the long term". The Chinese firm has not said how much it hopes to make by selling most of the project.

Persons: Sebastian Pfautsch, Wilton, Suzy Brandstater, it'll, it's, Guotao Hu, Byron Kaye, Jamie Freed Organizations: HK, Wilton Greens, University of Western, Garden, Thomson Locations: Sydney, WILTON, Australia, Malaysia, Forest, Sydney's outskirts, Wilton, University of Western Sydney

☆ Corporate Australia takes Indigenous support into its own hands after poll defeat
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Voters walk past Vote Yes and Vote No signs at the Old Australian Parliament House during The Voice referendum, in Canberra, Australia, October 14, 2023. At an Oct. 14 referendum, Australians overwhelmingly voted down a proposal to create a constitutionally-protected Indigenous parliamentary advisory body, known as the Voice. Without a political solution, it is now up to the companies themselves to pursue strategies to address entrenched disadvantage in Australia's 3.8% Indigenous population, corporate leaders and political researchers said. Indigenous reconciliation remains largely unresolved in Australia which, unlike New Zealand, Canada and the U.S., never signed a treaty with its first inhabitants after European arrival. The companies could now "take meaningful corporate actions to close the gap, such as by hiring and retaining Indigenous staff and systematically co-designing projects that impact Indigenous Australians," she added.

Persons: Tracey Nearmy, there's, Rob Scott, Scott, Geraldine Slattery, Ross Piper, it's, Intifar Chowdhury, Estelle Parker, Byron Kaye, Melanie Burton, Sonali Paul Organizations: Old Australian, House, The, REUTERS, Rights, Kmart, Target, Airline Qantas, First Nations, BHP, Australia, Australian, Australian National University, Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Thomson Locations: Canberra, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.S, Melbourne

On Tuesday, 20 Republicans voted against his candidacy – far more than the handful he could afford to lose given the party’s narrow majority in Congress. These are the House Republicans who voted against Jordan in each ballot:First ballot1. Don Bacon of Nebraska voted for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy2. Anthony D’Esposito of New York voted for former Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York4. Kelly voted for former House Speaker John Boehner15.

Persons: Jim Jordan of, Jordan –, Kevin McCarthy’s, Jordan, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Kevin McCarthy, Lori Chavez, McCarthy, Anthony D’Esposito, Lee Zeldin, Mario Diaz, Steve Scalise, Jake Ellzey, Mike Garcia, Andrew Garbarino, Carlos Gimenez, Tony Gonzales, Kay Granger, Mike Kelly, Jennifer Kiggans, Nick LaLota, Mike Lawler, John Rutherford of, Mike Simpson, Steve Womack, Ken Buck, Tom Emmer, John James of Michigan, Tom Cole, Doug LaMalfa, Victoria Spartz, Thomas Massie of, Bacon, Vern Buchanan, Byron Donalds, Buck, Chavez, DeRemer, D’Esposito, Diaz, Balart, Ellzey, Garcia, Drew Ferguson, Garbarino, Gimenez, Gonzales, Granger, James, Candice Miller, Kelly, John Boehner, Kiggans, Lawler, LaLota, Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Rutherford, Simpson, Pete Stauber, Bruce Westerman, Womack Organizations: Washington CNN — Republican, House Republicans, New York, Michigan Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio, Oregon, New, New York, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, California, Virginia, John Rutherford of Florida, Idaho, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Indiana, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Georgia, Iowa

☆ Hollywood insiders are bracing for M&A activity to make a comeback, as 10 experts reveal the deals they're predicting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reed Alexander | Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

"The unknown is hard to transact in," Sam Powers, the global head of technology, media, and telecommunications for Bank of America, told Insider. Microsoft's $69 billion acquisition of Activision , which was completed Thursday, has also put media and tech M&A back in the spotlight. "People have been holding their breath in nervous anticipation" about the idea of tech buying big media , one investor told Insider. Private-equity bets on media and Hollywood have seen mixed resultsPrivate-equity firms may have the cash to finance major media acquisitions, but they're reckoning with market volatility. Are you a Hollywood insider?

Persons: Hollywood dealmakers, Jonathan Handel, Sam Powers, Bob Iger, —, Byron Allen, Greg Doherty, Iger, Disney's, Byron Allen —, Allen, Disney, it's, Handel, It's, you've, Reese Witherspoon, Dave Kotinsky, Moonbug, Reese Witherspoon's, Jeff Zucker, Abu, Tom Staggs, Kevin Mayer, Lucia Moses, Reed Alexander Organizations: Hollywood, Puck News, Bank of America, SAG, Writers Guild of America, Disney, ESPN, Activision, Byron Allen The Weather, Wall Street shareholders, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hulu, ABC, Nexstar Media Group, Allen Media Group, Weather, Lionsgate, Starz, Paramount, BET, Warner Bros, Games, Disney Digital Network, Maker Studios, Observers, Comcast, Paramount Global, Tech, MGM, Microsoft, Netflix, Apple, RedBird Capital Partners, RedBird IMI, Private, SP, G Global Market Intelligence, Bloomberg, Media, Apollo Global Management, Yahoo Locations: Hollywood, Blackstone, Abu Dhabi, lmoses@insider.com, ralexander@insider.com

☆ Migrant’s drowning in Mediterranean prompts criticism of Malta's rescue policies
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Reade Levinson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

Details of the incident, described to Reuters by humanitarian groups MSF, Sea-Watch and Alarm Phone, haven’t previously been reported. By the next morning, June 23, survivors told MSF, they had run out of food and water. [1/5]Handout image obtained by Reuters, October 12, 2023 shows a Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) rescue boat near a rubber boat carrying migrants from the Middle East and Africa, in the Mediterranean Sea, June 24, 2023. At 12:46 p.m., Alarm Phone called the Malta Search and Rescue Coordination Centre to report that one person was in the water. The passengers told the men they were scared and didn’t want to remain on the boat, survivors told MSF.

Persons: Africa –, ’, Ainhoa Campàs Velasco, Sabrina Borg, “, ”, Tommaso Foti, Foti, Oliver Kulikowski, Neil Azzopardi Ferriggi, Skye McKee, Handout, Kulikowski, Byron Camilleri, Camilleri, Jean, Pierre Gauci, Reade Levinson, Janet Roberts Organizations: Reuters, Sea, MSF, Geo, University of Southampton, “, EU, REUTERS Acquire, Passengers, Coordination, Watch, Reuters ., Maltese, Armed Forces of, Armed Forces, -, United Nations, Refugees, Amnesty International, European, of Human Rights, Home Affairs, European Union, British Institute of International, Comparative, La Spezia, Thomson Locations: East, Africa, Malta, Maltese, Italy, Europe, Italian, “ Malta, Sirte, Libya, Syria, South Sudan, Sea, Armed Forces of Malta, Malta's, Laconia, Gabon, ”, London

☆ Here's what we know about Jim Jordan and the Ohio State University wrestling scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Questions are resurfacing about his role in the sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University. AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Jim Jordan of Ohio could become the next speaker of the House, and questions are resurfacing about his role in a sexual abuse scandal at Ohio State University. Jordan has long denied any wrongdoing since the allegations were first brought forward in 2018, and at no point has any former wrestler accused Jordan himself of commiting sexual abuse. Jordan worked as a wrestling coach at Ohio StateA high school and college wrestling champion himself, Jordan worked as an assistant coach at Ohio State University in Columbus from 1986 to 1994 immediately after graduating college. AdvertisementAdvertisementThere is a chance, however, that Jordan will be deposed as part of an ongoing lawsuit related to the sexual abuse scandal.

Persons: Jim Jordan of, Jordan's, —, Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, Rep, Nancy Mace, Here's, Richard Strauss, Mike DiSabato, Strauss, DiSabato, he'd, Dunyasha Yetts, we'd, Paul Ryan, Adam DiSabato —, Jim Jordan, Groveling, Rick Burlenski, He's, Burlenski, who've, Donald Trump's, Byron Donalds, I'm Organizations: Ohio State University, Service, NBC, Ohio State, Ohio General Assembly, NBC News, Caucus, OSU, CNN, POLITICO Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio, South Carolina, Jordan, Columbus, Ohio, Jordan's, Washington, Florida

☆ Canada targets Airbnb, others to ease rental shortage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Susana Vera/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsOTTAWA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Canada will take steps in the coming weeks to ease a rental-unit shortage exacerbated by Airbnb (ABNB.O) and other short-term rental platforms, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday. Freeland said the government is examining options to ensure more short-term rentals become available as long-term rentals. Cities around the United States are more closely regulating short-term rentals, including by requiring hosts to obtain licenses and pay registration fees. In that province, there are 28,000 daily active short-term rental listings, up 20% from a year ago. Freeland's comments come a day after the banking regulator Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions shelved some planned mortgage rules related to tighter regulatory limits on debt-service coverage.

Persons: Finance Chrystia Freeland, Susana Vera, Chrystia Freeland, Freeland, Airbnb, David Ljunggren, Nivedita Balu, Alistair Bell, Rod Nickel Organizations: Finance, IMF, World Bank, REUTERS, Rights OTTAWA, British Columbia, Thomson Locations: Marrakech, Morocco, Canada, United States, Florence, Italy, Byron, British, Freeland, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa

It was unclear whether he would be able to unite his party enough to prevail in a floor vote expected on Tuesday. In a letter to Republicans, Jordan acknowledged those differences and promised to prioritize military and spending legislation. It was unclear how many Republican lawmakers still opposed Jordan's bid, sources familiar with internal Republican discussions said on Monday. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise, who won the endorsement last week but then withdrew after he was not able to consolidate support. 3 House Republican Tom Emmer, conservative Representatives Kevin Hern and Byron Donalds as well as acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, who is presiding over the speaker election.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Republican Jim Jordan, whittling, Jordan, Kevin McCarthy's, Israel, Vern Buchanan, Republican Steve Scalise, Chip Roy, Erik Erickson, Andy Ogles, McCarthy, TRUMP, Donald Trump, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Republican Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Byron Donalds, Patrick McHenry, David Morgan, Makini Brice, Moira Warburton, Susan Heavey, Katharine Jackson, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington, Grant McCool, Nick Zieminski Organizations: U.S . House, Republican Conference, Republican, Republicans, WSB Radio, Caucus, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Ukraine, Jordan, States

☆ Hardline Republican Jim Jordan pushes bid for US House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Jordan is due to address House Republicans behind closed doors at 6:30 pm EST (2230 GMT) on Monday, before a possible floor vote for speaker at noon EST (1600 GMT) on Tuesday. NARROW MARGINJordan needs 217 Republican votes to be elected speaker on the floor over Democratic opposition, meaning that he can afford to lose no more than four party votes from a slim 221-212 House Republican majority. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise was forced to withdraw from the speaker's race a day after being chosen as the party's first nominee, due to opposition from Jordan supporters. Others worry that the speaker's contest shows House Republicans to be at the mercy of an insidious strain of dysfunction. 3 House Republican Tom Emmer, conservative Representatives Kevin Hern and Byron Donalds as well as acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, who is presiding over the speaker election.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Republican Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy's, Israel, Jordan, Mike Rogers, McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, NBC's, Mike Turner, Republican Steve Scalise, Vern Buchanan, Jordan's, We've, Dan Crenshaw, TRUMP, Donald Trump, It's, Jesus couldn't, Kevin, Thomas Massie, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Republican Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Byron Donalds, Patrick McHenry, David Morgan, Andy Sullivan, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington, Grant McCool Organizations: U.S . House, Republican Conference, Republican, Republicans, Democratic, CBS, Ohio Republican, CNN, Trump, Caucus, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Ukraine, Washington, Ohio, Jordan

☆ Hardline Republican Jim Jordan to push bid for US House speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( David Morgan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

House Republicans are expected to meet behind closed doors on Monday and plan a floor vote for speaker at noon EST (1600 GMT) on Tuesday. "I would prefer there to be a Republican solution," Representative Mike Turner, who backs Jordan, told CBS' "Face the Nation." NARROW MARGINJordan needs 217 Republican votes to be elected speaker on the floor over Democratic opposition, meaning that he can afford to lose no more than four party votes from a slim 221-212 House Republican majority. Others worry that the speaker's contest shows House Republicans to be at the mercy of an insidious strain of dysfunction. 3 House Republican Tom Emmer, conservative Representatives Kevin Hern and Byron Donalds as well as acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, who is presiding over the speaker election.

Persons: Jim Jordan, Republican Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy's, Jordan, McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, NBC's, Mike Turner, Turner, Republican Steve Scalise, Vern Buchanan, Jordan's, We've, Dan Crenshaw, TRUMP, Donald Trump, It's, Jesus couldn't, Kevin, Thomas Massie, John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Republican Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Byron Donalds, Patrick McHenry, David Morgan, Scott Malone, Deepa Babington Organizations: U.S . House, Republican Conference, Republican, Republicans, Democratic, CBS, Ohio Republican, CNN, Texas Republican, Trump, Caucus, Thomson Locations: WASHINGTON, Israel, Ukraine, Washington, Ohio, Jordan

[1/2] A ‘No’ sign sits in front of the Tent Embassy near the Old Australian Parliament House as voters arrive during The Voice referendum, in Canberra, Australia, October 14, 2023. An Australian referendum requires a majority vote in at least four of its six states, as well as nationally. Ultimately, no state supported the "Voice" and the national vote was 40% "Yes" to 60% "No", according to preliminary counting. After the votes were counted, Dutton said his party supported Indigenous reconciliation but he made no mention of an alternative measure. Albanese, asked on Saturday why the vote had failed, said no referendum had succeeded without bipartisan support.

Persons: Tracey Nearmy, Anthony Albanese, Kos Samaras, Matt Qvortrup, Peter Dutton, Dutton, Timothy Graham, Graham, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe, Chris Hemsworth, Jason Mamoa, Shaquille O'Neal, Samaras, Donald Trump, Paul Smith, Smith, Albanese, Qvortrup, Byron Kaye, Praveen Menon, Edmund Klamann Organizations: Tent Embassy, Old Australian, House, REUTERS, Rights, Labor, Redbridge Group, Australian National University, Liberal Party, Queensland University of Technology, Qantas, NBA, Labor Party, U.S, European Union, Liberal, Thomson Locations: Tent, Canberra, Australia

☆ Australia fines Musk's X platform $386,000 over anti-child abuse gaps
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Byron Kaye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The logo of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is seen alongside the former logo in this illustration taken, July 24, 2023. X closed its Australian office after Musk's buyout, so there was no local representative to respond to Reuters. But the Australian regulator said that when it asked X how it prevented child grooming on the platform, X responded that it was "not a service used by large numbers of young people". X told the regulator available anti-grooming technology was "not of sufficient capability or accuracy to be deployed on Twitter". X told the regulator its proactive detection of child abuse material in public posts dropped after Musk took the company private.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, you've, Julie Inman Grant, Inman Grant, X, Grant, Musk, Lucinda Longcroft, X's noncompliance, Byron Kaye, Kim Coghill, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Elon, Safety, X, Twitter, Reuters, San, Google, Thomson Locations: Australian, EU, Israel, San Francisco, Australia, livestreams

☆ Bears lose QB, fall to Vikings, 19-13
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

October 15 - Minnesota linebacker Jordan Hicks scored a 42-yard touchdown on a fumble recovery to go with an interception, and the Vikings held on for a 19-13 win over the host Chicago Bears on Sunday afternoon. Kirk Cousins completed 21 of 31 passes for 181 yards and a touchdown for Minnesota (2-4). Jordan Addison caught the Vikings' lone touchdown pass as Minnesota emerged on the positive end of their sixth consecutive game decided by eight or fewer points. Bagent regrouped to help the Bears pull within 19-13 with 7:46 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Vikings started the scoring on Greg Joseph's 53-yard kick with 6:24 left in the first quarter.

Persons: Jordan Hicks, Kirk Cousins, Jordan Addison, Justin Fields, Tyson Bagent, Bagent's, Josh Metellus blitzed, Hicks, Bagent, Cole Kmet, Byron Murphy Jr, Greg Joseph's, Santos, Cousins, Addison, Joseph Organizations: Vikings, Chicago Bears, Minnesota, Chicago, Bears, Shepherd University, NFL, Cairo Santos, Thomson Locations: Minnesota, Shepherdstown, Va

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☆ Chaos in House GOP intensifies with Scalise’s speakership bid in peril
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

GOP lawmakers did select Steve Scalise as their nominee for the job that is second in the line of presidential succession on Wednesday. The worsening debacle in the House follows the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week by eight Republicans voting with Democrats. But some GOP leaders are irritated that the jockeying is distracting from the imperative to find a speaker. He was still well short of the 217 votes – a majority of the current House – needed to claim the speakership on the floor. “He has no path to 217,” one top House Republican said on condition of anonymity.

Persons: Steve Scalise, Scalise, CNN’s Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, Steve, ”, Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Tom Emmer, Kevin Hern, Byron Donalds of, ” Scalise, –, grandstanding, Donald Trump, Michael McCaul, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “, Xi, Putin, Matt Gaetz, – it’s, holdouts, Joe Biden, Marjorie Taylor Greene –, Trump, Jordan, Scalise –, ” Greene, Nancy Mace, David Duke, Mace, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Lauren Boebert, ” Boebert, …, Mike Lawler, Laura Blessing Organizations: CNN, The House Republican Party, Louisiana Republican, Republican, GOP, Ohio Republican, Texas, Foreign Affairs, Georgia, ” South Carolina Rep, Scalise, Ku Klux, ”, Republicans, New York Rep, Senate, Georgetown University’s Government Affairs Institute Locations: Wednesday’s, Washington, –, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Byron Donalds of Florida, Jordan, Israel, Florida, ”, Colorado

☆ A former McDonalds franchise owner dubbed 'McCongressman' wants to be the GOP's next House Majority Leader — and he's handing out McGriddles to win his colleagues over
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP Rep. Kevin Hern, a former McDonald's franchise owner, wants to be House Majority Leader. AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Kevin Hern wants to be the next House Majority Leader, and he's got at least one unconventional trick up his sleeve to try to pull it off: McDonald's. "I fucking wish," one House GOP staffer told Insider via text when asked if they'd received a delivery. "Pissed," a staffer from another House GOP office wrote, saying they also hadn't received any McGriddles. Hern, the current chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, launched his campaign for majority leader on Wednesday after House Republicans nominated current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise to replace McCarthy as speaker.

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CNN —House Republicans picked Rep. Steve Scalise as their nominee for speaker on Wednesday, but the Louisiana Republican lacks the votes needed to win the gavel and it remains unclear whether he will be able to win over holdouts. Scalise won out over Rep. Jim Jordan in a closed-door vote by the House GOP conference to pick their speaker nominee on Wednesday. House Republicans hold a narrow majority and Scalise can only afford to lose four GOP votes on the floor and still win the speakership. McCarthy’s ouster, which was driven by a group of hardline conservatives, has intensified deep divisions within the House GOP conference and escalated tensions. Scalise is a veteran of House GOP leadershipScalise has risen through the ranks of leadership during his time in Congress.

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☆ Republicans are asking their Twitter followers to help them decide who should replace Kevin McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Republicans are set to choose a new speaker next Wednesday, and it's unclear who that will be. Some of them have apparently turned to Twitter to help their decision-making — or to make a point. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . As House Republicans try to settle on a candidate to take the reigns after Kevin McCarthy's sudden defenestration this week, some of them are polling their Twitter followers on who they'd like to see in the top job. "That said, who would you like to see as the next Speaker of the House?," wrote LaLota.

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