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  • Kevin McCarthy loses 2 votes for speaker, vows to keep battling

    Kevin McCarthy loses 2 votes for speaker, vows to keep battling

    Kevin McCarthy lost in two rounds to become House speaker on Tuesday, a historic defeat with no clear way out as House Republicans dug in for a long, ugly start to the new Congress. McCarthy garnered 203 votes in both rounds in the GOP-controlled House, fewer than Democrat Hakeem Jeffries. McCarthy planned a “floor war”…