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US law provides little guidance on who can be the US House Speaker. Here's who may be next in line.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan both jumped into the race Wednesday to become the next House speaker, setting up a fight to replace Kevin McCarthy after his historic ouster.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's political operation announced raising $15 million for his Republican presidential bid during the third quarter of this year, but only $5 million of that haul was available to spend in the bruising primary fight ahead, a senior campaign official said.

The Republican says the vote was "personal", lashing out at his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz.

At times it seemed like the Florida rebel versus the rest of the Republican party as he brought down the Speaker.

A group of eight House Republicans joined with Democrats Tuesday in a historic vote to remove Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing the most serious threat to his leadership to date.

His ouster as Speaker could throw an unruly US House of Representatives into even further disarray.

Republicans opposed to the US funding Ukraine's lifeline against Russia scored their first major success when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn't include a $6 billion request for aid in a stopgap bill that averted a government shutdown.

Rep Matt Gaetz will seek to remove the Speaker this week, saying Republicans need "trustworthy" leadership.

The US government has barely avoided a shutdown. But just because House Speaker Kevin McCarthy managed to find a last-minute solution, it does not mean our government is magically working well again. Nor is it a sign that McCarthy has figured out a way to bring his Republican Conference together.

Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.