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Authored by Steve Watson via Summit News,

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After the withdrawal of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) from the GOP House Speaker's race, the chamber has been paralyzed and is unable to push through legislation as a Nov. 17 government funding deadline looms.

Scalise on Thursday threw in the gavel, just one day after he won the party's nomination.

Jim Jordan (R-OH), a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, is the obvious alternative to Scalise. However, even as some rally behind Jordan, his path to the Speaker's gavel is strewn with obstacles. With opposing voices within the party, including Republican Reps. Ann Wagner and Austin Scott, Jordan's fight is shaping up to be just as fierce, if not more so, than Scalise's.

"The problem is, I think there’s enough people that would see what has happened and transpired over the last 40 hours to not support him, that we’re gonna have the same problem with Jordan that we had with Scalise," said Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA). "I think it’s a math problem, frankly. So that’s the challenge we got."

According to Garcia, the conference is "all thrust and no vector."

On Friday, Jordan said he would run again.

Behind the scenes, whispers circulate about alternative contenders, including House Majority Whip Tom Emmer. Yet, in the wake of Scalise's abrupt exit, Emmer remains reticent, The Hill reports.

Change the rules?

According to Arrington, "People [are] saying, ‘Well you only have a little more than half the conference.’ It may go up to a higher threshold when people say, ‘Hey, you can get X percent, and we’ll feel better going in.’ So those are just things that have been kicked around."

On Wednesday Republicans killed Roy's move to require 217 votes, enraging the Texan, and fueling resistance to supporting Scalise on the House floor.

The continued inability to rally behind a leader is hardly a new storyline for the House GOP. The echo of past internal disputes serves as a reminder of the party's chronic leadership struggles. As Rep. Dusty Johnson candidly put it, this current situation is (more…)

Local and federal law enforcement agencies across the US are increasing patrols after a former Hamas leader called on supporters to unleash chaos in what is being called a 'day of rage.' 

In New York City, Morgan Stanley employees were allowed to remote work today as an "All Out For Palestine" rally in Times Square, near the bank's headquarters, presents security risks, according to Bloomberg. 

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