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Trump ally Jim Jordan elected House Republican leader after midterm defeat

Headline via France 24 · first report 10 Nov, 15:31 IST, latest 11 Nov, 16:54 IST

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17 independent news organisations have reported this story. The first report we saw came from NPR at 10 Nov, 15:31 IST; the latest is from The Economist at 11 Nov, 16:54 IST. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report10 Nov, 15:31 IST
Latest report11 Nov, 16:54 IST
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After sweeping losses in the midterm elections, the House GOP will vote on Tuesday to elect a successor to Mike Johnson, who says he's stepping down as the chamber's top Republican.
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 - One week after the massive election defeat that repudiated their fealty to President Donald Trump, Republicans in the US Congress were set on Tuesday to decide who will lead their party next year when Democrats take over the Senate and…
Washington: House Republicans will move Tuesday to select their leader in the minority after a brutal drubbing at the polls, with the two candidates being House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio…
The central question for Canberra is whether the electoral outcome creates greater certainty or simply replaces presidential unpredictability with political gridlock.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives elected conservative Jim Jordan to lead the chamber's incoming Republican minority.
As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress, Republicans pick Jordan for last two years of Trump’s presidencyRepublican lawmakers have elected Jim Jordan, veteran congressman and Trump loyalist, as their leader in the House of Representatives following…

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