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US House Republicans seek to unite around a new speaker
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will try to unite around a new speaker to lead their fractious and narrow majority on Wednesday, a week after a small group of dissidents ousted Kevin McCarthy. There are two declared candidates so far in the closed-door, secret-ballot vote: Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who is No. 2 on the…