Hello and welcome to today’s US politics blog, bringing you the news as it happens amid high tension in Washington over both domestic and world events. House Republicans will begin gathering on Wednesday morning at the Capitol to thrash out behind closed doors who they will nominate to be the next speaker of the House after an extremist faction engineered the ousting of Kevin McCarthy last week, aiming to send a nominee to the House floor for a full vote as soon as possible.
And Joe Biden and his senior leadership are heavily focused on the terrible conflict that erupted between Israel and Hamas on Saturday after militant attacks out of Gaza into southern Israel, as the death toll of Israelis, Palestinians and foreign nationals continues to rise.
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Matt Gaetz says ousting of Kevin McCarthy was worth risk of losing seatFlorida Republican said it was nonsense that House Republicans would consider kicking him out of either their caucus or Congress
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