House fails to elect speaker amid GOP rift

The Republicans now control the House for the first-time in four years. However, things are not going well in the GOP caucus. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy failed several rounds of voting to be the next speaker, something that hasn’t happened in a century. Nikole Killion has the most recent.

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