Why We Still Don’t Have a Speaker of the Hous...

Any jobs report, by necessity, is going to be vague and subject to revision, but the latest from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paints a pretty clear picture: America hasn’t added as many jobs as hoped or expected this summer, and the labor market is looking rough.Guest: Justin W ...  Show more

Credible accusations of sexual assault, eventually, led to Graham Platner leaving the Maine Senate race. But Ohio Representative Max Miller is responding to his own allegations with a different tact: the Trump method of ignoring, denying, and staying in.Guest: Jill Filipovic, jou ...  Show more

Why the House can’t elect a speaker to lead it. And the temporary solution some Republicans are proposing in the meantime. 

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">For two weeks, the House of Represent ...

Jim Jordan. The Ohio Republican failed to win the requisite votes to become Speaker on Tuesday, leaving his future in doubt and the House of Representatives in a state of paralysis. Jordan’s nomination for House Speaker began after a handful of Republicans ousted Rep. Kevi ...

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;">Who will be the new speaker of the House? Republican leader Kevin McCarthy struggles to whip up the votes. </span>

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The 118th Congress has begun with a showdown over who will be elected House speaker. Vox’s Andrew Prokop argues that this is the culmination of a decade-long trend of stonewalling in Congress. Today’s show was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlin. It was edited by ...  Show more