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  1. early and often
    Jim Jordan Didn’t Just Lose. The Hard Right Did Too.The latest from the House Republican tire fire.
    By Ben Jacobs
  2. early and often
    The House Republicans Are in a Hell of Their Own MakingAll they need to do is elect a Speaker. The one thing they definitely can’t do is agree on a Speaker.
    By Ben Jacobs
  3. early and often
    Israel War Complicates the Already Impossible Speaker’s RaceUrgent calls for aid to Israel may make solving the House’s impasse over the Speakership and various funding priorities even more difficult.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. early and often
    The Race for Speaker Is About to Get RealSteve Scalise and Jim Jordan face off in the Capitol Thunderdome. Here’s how they match up and who else might win the gavel if chaos ensues again.
    By Ben Jacobs
  5. early and often
    With Trump Endorsement, Jim Jordan Has a Chance to Win the Speaker’s GavelJordan has two assets in his battle with Steve Scalise: the 45th president and street cred with the hard-liners who took down Kevin McCarthy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. the national interest
    Steve Scalise’s Ignorant, Racist Case Against D.C. StatehoodRepublican from murderous, corrupt state says D.C. has too much crime and corruption to be a state.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. politics
    House Votes To Override Trump Veto for the First TimeThe president vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, partially to protect Confederate-named installations. The key vote will be in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. republican national convention
    Republicans Promised a Convention, But Delivered Crazy TalkOn the first night of the RNC, speakers worshipped Trump but rarely mentioned their party, and many went over the brink with wild anti-Biden rhetoric.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
    QAnon Booster Marjorie Greene Continues March Toward CongressIt’s hard to be too extreme in pockets of red America like Georgia’s 14th District, where Greene just won the Republican primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. impeachment
    Republicans Storm Closed Meeting, Demand Transparency for Stonewalling TrumpTrump’s allies want transparency from Congress, but not from him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. racism
    Steve King’s Political Prospects May Be Fading, but His Party’s Racism Is NotKing is one of his party’s most flagrant bigots — but not by much.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. ilhan omar
    Steve Scalise Delivers the GOP’s Most Cynical Ilhan Omar Rebuke YetScalise admitted to attending a white supremacist event in 2002. Now he is lecturing Americans about national security and anti-Semitism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. republicans
    Kevin McCarthy Easily Wins Bid to Lead Diminished House RepublicansThe congressman from California finally won the job he nearly got in 2015 — though thanks to the midterms, it did not come with the Speaker’s gavel.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. House Democrats Refuse to Take Bait on ‘Abolish ICE’ Vote Arranged by GOPRepublicans want to distract attention from their own immigration disagreements and burn a straw man, but House Democrats aren’t cooperating.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. The Race for House Speaker Is Kevin McCarthy’s to LoseScalise has stepped aside, but the Californian has to overcome the conservative resistance that defeated his last bid for the speakership in 2015.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Paul Ryan’s Retirement Could Roil House RepublicansHe may be stepping down in anticipation of electoral disaster. But win or lose, House conservatives will keep pushing their leadership to the right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Steve Scalise Returns to Congress 15 Weeks After Congressional Baseball Shooting“I’m definitely a living example that miracles really do happen,” Scalise said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. Judge Tosses Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against New York Times“Negligence this may be; but defamation of a public figure it plainly is not.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. Six Weeks After Shooting, Steve Scalise Is Discharged From D.C. HospitalThe Louisiana Republican has made “excellent progress.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. Senate Candidate Uses Audio of Scalise Shooting in Campaign AdScalise’s staff objected in strong terms.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. Representative Scalise Remains in Serious Condition Following SurgeryDoctors said the congressman, who was shot last month, “tolerated the procedure well.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. Representative Steve Scalise Back in Intensive Care Three Weeks After ShootingHis staff said there are “new concerns for infection” and his condition is serious.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Congressional Baseball Game Goes On As Normally As PossibleLawmakers took to the field just a day after the shooting of House whip Steve Scalise.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  24. It’s Time to Redraw the Line Between Violent and Nonviolent Political ActivismInstead of finger-pointing or empty expressions of civility, the best reaction to today’s shooting is a clear refusal to support or incite violence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Gunman Targets Congressional Baseball Practice, Shoots GOP WhipSteve Scalise has been shot after a gunman opened fire on a field where GOP members of Congress were practicing for their annual baseball game.
    By Eric Levitz and Jen Kirby
  26. After Shooting, Democrats Send Thoughts and Prayers to GOP LawmakersWashington is experiencing a rare moment of compassion and civility.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. oh congress!
    Congressman Sorry for Speaking to White-Supremacist GroupTwelve years ago.
    By Katie Zavadski
  28. washington
    GOP Congressman Can’t Recall Whether He Spoke to White SupremacistsBack in 2002.
    By Katie Zavadski