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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown 鈥?a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and throwing the House and its Republican leadership into chaos.Its the end of the political line for McCarthy, who has said repeatedly that he never gives up, but found himself with almost no options remaining. Neither the right-flank Re
stanley cup publicans who engineered his ouster nor the Democrats who piled on seem open to negotiating.McCarthy told lawmakers in the evening he would not run again for speaker, putting the gavel up for grabs. Next steps are highly uncertain as there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority. Action is halted in the House until next week, when Republicans try to elect a new speaker. I may have lost this vote today, but as I walk out of this chamber I feel fortunate to have served, McCarthy said at a press conference at the Capitol. I
stanley cup wouldn ;t change a thing. McCarthys chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, orchestrated the rare vote on the obscure motion to vacate, and pushed ahead swiftly into a dramatic afternoon roll call.While McCarthy enj
stanley cup oyed support from most Republicans in his slim majority, eight Republican detractors 鈥?many of the same hard-right holdouts who tried to stop him from becoming speaker in January 鈥?essentially forced him out.WATCH: House votes on whether to oust McCarthy as speakerStillness fell as the presiding offi Lcui How Israeli PM Netanyahu could still win re-election despite corruption scandal
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country main international airport and聽freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days.As of midday Wednesday,聽Henry remained in Puerto Rico,聽where he landed the day before after he was barred from landing in neighboring Dominican Republic because officials there closed the airspace to flights to and from Haiti.Locked out of his country for now, Henry appears to face an impasse as a growing number of officials call for his resignation or nudge him toward it.Here what to know about the embattled prime minister and the crisis he faces:Who is Ariel Henry The 74-year-old neurosurgeon who trai
stanley cup ned and worked in southern France got involved in Haitian politics in the early 2000s, when he became leader of a movement that opposed then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.After Aristide was ousted, Henry became member of a U.S.-backed council
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stanley cup he was named director-general of Haitis Ministry of Health and later became its chief of staff, helping to manage the governments response to a devastating 2010 earthquake.READ MORE: Haiti orders curfew after armed gangs overran two prisons, releasing thousands of inmatesIn 2015, he was named minister of the interior and territorial communities and became responsible for overseeing Haitis security and domestic policy.Months later, he was appointed m
