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Chaos in US House after no Speaker elected: What happens next?

The US House of Representatives is in limbo as Republicans failed to build consensus on the candidature of Kevin McCarthy. He lost three ballots. The chamber, which will vote again on Wednesday, cannot start working until it gets a Speaker

Explained: How Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House Speaker could cause chaos in US Congress

While the election of the Speaker of the House is usually a rote affair, this time nominee Kevin McCarthy is in the fight of his political life. With the GOP set for one final meet on Tuesday and few credible alternatives, McCarthy’s allies are bracing for a brutal, drawn out battle

Explained: How the US House of Representatives elect their Speaker

The House will convene to elect a Speaker for the new Congress. The majority of the Republicans plan to nominate Kevin McCarthy to lead them as they take over control of the chamber

In US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, women admire a leader with calm, cool confidence

After her announcement this week that she would step down from Democratic leadership after two decades, many people reposted that meme of Pelosi confidently striding out of the Trump White House in sunglasses and a long red coat following a tense meeting

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Kyiv, meets Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Pelosi, a California Democrat who is second in line to the presidency after the vice president, is the most senior American lawmaker to have visited Ukraine since the war began

US Capitol siege: Donald Trump supporters occupy Congress, vandalise Nancy Pelosi's office; at least four dead in riots

The pro-Trump mob took over the presiding officer's chair in the Senate, the offices of the House speaker and the Senate dais, where one yelled, 'Trump won that election'

US House of Representatives passes $4.5 bn emergency funding bill to tackle migrant crisis, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says 'protecting families'

The House passed with relative ease on Tuesday a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the US-Mexico border. The bill passed along party lines after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quelled a mini-revolt by progressives and Hispanic lawmakers who sought significant changes to the legislation. 'We are ensuring that children have food, clothing, sanitary items, shelter and medical care', said Pelosi said in a subsequent floor speech.

US House Speaker Paul Ryan says won't run for re-election in huge blow to Republicans ahead of midterm elections

Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election, his office announced Wednesday, injecting another layer of uncertainty as Republicans face worries over losing their majority in the fall.

Despite Obama's action, immigrants choose to remain in the shadows

President Obama outlined executive action to let some 4.4 million parents of US citizens and legal permanent residents to remain in the US temporarily.

Republicans call Obama's immigration plan threat to democracy, vow to fight it

US Republicans offered strident reaction on Thursday to President Barack Obama's unilateral plan to bring millions of undocumented non-citizens out of the shadows and make them eligible for work permits.