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☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian judges, in huge overhaul sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan. Oleksandr Tupytskyi, now living in Vienna according to Ukrainian media reports, has denied wrongdoing and said the cases against him are political.

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☆ The GOP's congressional chaos deepens as Jim Jordan holds off on 3rd vote for Speakership
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jim Jordan won't hold a third vote to become Speaker of the House. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Twenty-two Republicans voted against Jordan, sending him below the 200-vote threshold that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California always managed to surpass during his own marathon, 15-round speakership fight in January. Six of the 18 Republicans that represent districts President Joe Biden won in 2020 voted against Jordan. Jordan will almost certainly remain chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a post from which he has led the GOP's efforts to impeach Biden.

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CNN —The House remains paralyzed with no end in sight to the Republican leadership crisis as GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio continues his bid for speaker despite facing stiff resistance. The House could hold a third vote for speaker as soon as Thursday afternoon, though no vote has been officially scheduled yet. Tensions are rising among House Republicans as pressure grows to find a way to resolve the standoff. Some of Jordan’s opponents have predicted that the Ohio Republican will lose even more support in Thursday’s speaker vote. There were four new Republican votes against Jordan and two that flipped into his column.

Persons: Jim Jordan of Ohio, Jordan, Wednesday’s, Kevin McCarthy, McCarthy, Steve Scalise’s, Patrick McHenry of, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Republican, GOP, Ohio Republican, Republicans, Caucus, Judiciary Committee Locations: Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, Jordan

The House is tentatively set to convene sometime Thursday afternoon for Jordan to try again. The impasse has left some Republican lawmakers settling in for a protracted stretch without a House speaker. Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesWhat was clear was that Jordan's path to become House speaker was almost certainly lost. “The way out is that Jim Jordan has got to pull his name," said Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who voted twice against him. With Republicans in majority control of the House, 221-212, Jordan must pick up most of his GOP foes to win.

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The wife of Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., has received anonymous, threatening text messages this week pressuring her to persuade her husband to support Jordan. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., said his staffers have been "cussed out" in phone calls from Jordan supporters. But the bloc of roughly 20 anti-Jordan Republicans say that they aren't caving and that the hardball tactics are backfiring. Moments after Jordan was rejected on a second ballot for speaker Wednesday, Gimenez recounted a tense phone call with Jordan on Tuesday. Gimenez told reporters just off the House floor.

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☆ Wanted: Thousands of Ukrainian Judges, in Huge Overhaul Sought by EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

By Dan PeleschukKYIV (Reuters) - Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. Court cases have piled up across Ukraine as a result. The regional appeals court in northeastern Ukraine's Sumy has only four judges left out of a full staff of 35. Some 2,000 sitting judges also require integrity checks, part of the judicial house-cleaning launched, but never finished, after Maidan.

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Jordan's vote total of 199 was less than the 200 Republican votes he secured on Tuesday. "It's just painfully obvious that what a lot of our people want to do we can't do," said Republican Representative Steve Womack, who voted against Jordan. That idea has been floated by Republicans and Democrats, as well as two former Republican speakers, Newt Gingrich and John Boehner. He simply tells you straight up," Republican Representative Tom Cole said as he nominated Jordan for speaker ahead of the vote. Republicans who opposed Jordan voted for 10 different candidates, including Boehner and two others who no longer serve in Congress.

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Jordan secured just 200 Republican votes on Tuesday. "I don't think anybody in here on any issue of any substance would have to guess where Jim Jordan is going to stand. He simply tells you straight up," Republican Representative Tom Cole said as he nominated Jordan for speaker ahead of the vote. Potential candidates include Representative Tom Emmer, currently the No. 3 House Republican.

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That temporary solution could also buy more time for Jordan to line up support for the job after that point. "I think it gets more and more difficult for him every day," said Republican Representative Mario Diaz-Balart, who opposes Jordan. Jordan, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, could be in trouble if more Republicans vote against him in a second ballot. At least one Republican who voted against him on Tuesday, Representative Doug LaMalfa, said he would vote for Jordan on the second ballot. 3 House Republican.

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The House is due to hold a second vote to fill the vacant speaker's chair when it convenes at 11 a.m. It is not clear whether Jordan, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, will fare better in a second vote. At least one Republican who voted against him on Tuesday, Representative Doug LaMalfa, said he would vote for Jordan on the second ballot. "He's the only viable candidate we have," Republican Representative Thomas Massie told reporters. Democrats, meanwhile, are pressing for a bipartisan compromise that could result in more powers for Republican Representative Patrick McHenry, who is acting as temporary speaker.

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CNN —Rep. Jim Jordan’s speaker bid is in peril as the Ohio Republican confronts steep opposition from members of his own party, raising serious questions over whether he can flip enough holdouts to win the gavel. ET Wednesday in what could be a pivotal moment for Jordan’s candidacy that will show whether he is losing or gaining support. But it’s not clear if Jordan has a viable path forward in the race amid the deep divisions within the House GOP conference and the resistance he faces. Uncertainty over Jordan’s candidacy threatens to prolong the state of paralysis the House is currently stuck in. Scalise initially defeated Jordan inside the GOP conference to become the speaker nominee, but later dropped out of the race amid opposition to his candidacy.

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☆ Jim Jordan's House speakership bid on the ropes ahead of second vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jordan's bid to become speaker appeared to be in deep trouble Wednesday, after he failed to secure the gavel by a wider margin than expected in the Tuesday vote. On that ballot, 20 Republicans publicly voted against the Judiciary Committee chairman, and 200 voted for him. Jordan's second bid already appeared doom to fail early Wednesday afternoon with at least nine Republicans voting against him so far, more than the congressman can afford to lose. Other Republicans voted for Lee Zeldin, who left Congress in January. "By empowering Patrick McHenry as Speaker Pro Tempore we can take care of our ally Israel until a new Speaker is elected."

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☆ Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China's 'theft' of intellectual property
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Zeba Siddiqui | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - known as the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network - made the comments following meetings with private companies in the U.S. innovation hub Silicon Valley. From quantum technology and robotics to biotechnology and artificial intelligence, China was stealing secrets in various sectors, the officials said. In response, Chinese government spokesman Liu Pengyu said the country was committed to intellectual property protection. The U.S. has long accused China of intellectual property theft and the issue has been a key sore point in U.S.-China relations. "The Chinese government is engaged in the most sustained scaled and sophisticated theft of intellectual property and expertise in human history," said Mike Burgess, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's director-general.

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The vote for House speaker, once a formality in Congress, has devolved into another bitter showdown for the gavel. Bipartisan groups of lawmakers have been floating ways to operate the House by giving greater power to the interim speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., or another temporary speaker. The House had never ousted its speaker before McCarthy, and the lawmakers are in rarely tested terrain. “We can’t sit around and suck our thumbs and hope the world will wait until the House Republicans get their act together,” Gingrich told Fox News' Sean Hannity on his show. “Jim Jordan will be a great speaker,” the former president said outside a courthouse in Manhattan, where he is facing business fraud charges.

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Lacking the 217 votes he needs to claim the speaker's gavel, Jordan postponed further action until 11 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) on Wednesday, while he scrambled to pressure the 20 fellow Republicans who voted against him on Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday's failed vote meant that the House remains leaderless, as it has been since a handful of Republican insurgents engineered McCarthy's removal. Republicans control the House by a narrow 221-212 margin, giving them little room for error on divisive votes like this one. 3 House Republican, and Patrick McHenry, who is temporarily filling the speaker's chair.

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"Even Pope Francis, it took him five ballots to get elected," said Republican Representative Nicole Malliotakis. 2 House Republican whose own bid for speaker fell apart last week, and six voted for McCarthy. After the vote, Jordan spent time talking with lawmakers who had voted against him on the House floor. 3 House Republican, and Patrick McHenry, who is temporarily filling the speaker's chair. "He is a patriot, an America First warrior who wins the toughest of fights," Republican Representative Elise Stefanik said as she nominated Jordan for speaker on the House floor.

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Republicans control the House by a narrow 221-212 margin, and all Democrats are expected to vote against him. At least seven Republicans are expected to vote against Jordan, which would leave him short of the 217 votes he needs. "Jim is a tough person and is going to almost prosecute our conservative agenda through America," said Republican Representative Mark Alford. Should Jordan's bid for speaker stall, Republican rivals have identified several alternative candidates, including McHenry, who is presiding over the speaker vote, and No. 3 House Republican Tom Emmer.

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"I felt good walking into the conference; I feel even better now," Jordan, 59, told reporters after meeting with House Republicans for two hours on Monday evening. Eight House Republicans engineered McCarthy's ouster three days after he cut a Sept. 30 deal with Democrats to keep the federal government funded through Nov. 17. Some of Jordan's hardline allies urged their followers to launch pressure campaigns against any Republican representatives who voted against him on Tuesday. House Democrats recoiled at the prospect of Jordan rising to become the chamber's leader. 3 House Republican Tom Emmer, conservative Representative Kevin Hern and acting Speaker Patrick McHenry, who is presiding over the speaker election.

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Jordan, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, won the GOP's nomination for speaker in a secret ballot on Friday. Here's what to know going into the speaker's election:Political Cartoons View All 1211 ImagesWHEN IS THE SPEAKER ELECTION? House members are seated during the speakership vote. It takes a majority of the votes from House members who are present and voting. Once the roll call for speaker begins, members of the House are called on one by one to call out their choices.

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☆ 20 Republicans oppose Jim Jordan for speaker, sinking his chances on the first ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed to win enough support on the first ballot, losing 20 Republicans. Jordan, who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee, received 200 votes on the first ballot with 20 Republicans voting for other candidates. With full Democratic attendance and united opposition, Jordan could only afford to have lost three Republican votes. By at least one measure, Jordan would be the most conservative Speaker compared to the average House Republican in recent years. The 20 Republicans that have voted against Jordan thus far:Seven Republicans voted for House Majority Leader Steve Scalise: Scalise was briefly the party's nominee to become speaker before he withdrew from the race.

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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'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Retired DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone does not want Rep. Jim Jordan to be speaker. Fanone said he thinks the "Republican Party just needs to be destroyed." "When I think about Jim Jordan, I think about when Donald Trump made those now infamous statements to officials at the Department of Justice," Fanone said. "When I think about that, Jim Jordan is the first person that comes to mind. Fanone, who voted for Trump in 2016, said he now believes the Republican Party is "a party of violence, racism, sexism, homophobia, and anti-immigration."

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Lawmakers take to the House floor Tuesday to try to resolve their ongoing speaker standoff that has left the chamber without a leader for two weeks since Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. House Republicans nominated Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio for the post after their initial nominee bowed out of the race amid deep divisions within the conference. But the House Judiciary Committee chairman forged ahead anyway, as lawmakers grew impatient about the stalemate. Typically, some lawmakers pledge their vote in the first round as a good-faith show of support to their party’s speaker nominee. But it’s not clear that those votes will remain in place if the nominee does not prevail on an initial ballot.

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☆ House meets to vote on Jim Jordan’s bid for speaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The U.S. House of Representatives gaveled into session Tuesday to vote on whether Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will become its next speaker. The vote on Jordan's candidacy is scheduled to begin around 12:30 p.m. The deeply divided Republican conference has so far been unable to coalesce around a candidate for speaker after McCarthy's ouster. Jordan has said he wants the House to keep voting Tuesday until it chooses a speaker, suggesting Jordan intends to wear down his opposition on the House floor. The House has been leaderless for two weeks after a faction of eight Republicans led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida ousted McCarthy in an unprecedented no-confidence vote.

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☆ Poland election: Donald Tusk's pro-European opposition seems set to oust populists, but tense days lie ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

PiS finished ahead of opposition party Civic Coalition (KO), led by former Polish Prime Minister and European Council President Donald Tusk, on 30.7%. Tusk had promised to restore democratic norms in Poland and cooperate with Western European allies, among whom Warsaw was fast becoming a pariah. Poland’s PiS-aligned President, Andrzej Duda, is expected to give the PiS every chance to form a government before turning over proceedings to Poland’s new block of opposition lawmakers. According to the Polish constitution, the president must call a new parliamentary session within 30 days of the election. Tusk had painted the election as a last chance to save Polish democracy.

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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.

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