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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majoritys ability to g stanley cup overn.Watch the proceedings in the player above. My father always told me, its now how you start, its how you finish, McCarthy told cheering fellow Republicans.Eager to confront President Joe Biden and the Democrats, he promised subpoenas and investigations. Now. the hard work begins, he declared.Republicans roared in celebration when his victory was announced, chanting USA! USA! With a speaker elected, the House finally will be able to start swearing in newly-elected lawmakers who had been waiting all week for the chamber to stanley cup formally open and the 2023-24 session to begin.After four days of grueling ballots, McCarthy flipped more than a dozen conservative holdouts to become supporters, including the chairman of the chambers Freedom Caucus, leaving him just a few shy of seizing the gavel for the new Congress.As the House resumed for the late night session McCarthy had been on the cusp of victory in the 14th round but he fell one vote short.WATCH: Brooks and Capehart on the political chaos in the HouseHe strode to the back of the chamber to confront Matt Gaetz, sit stanley cup ting with Lauren Boebert and other holdouts. Fingers were pointed, words exchanged and violence apparently just averted.At one point, Republican Mi Hckl If Greece Were a Binge Drinker
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake that shook Nepal early this morning killed dozens of people, triggered landslides in the Himalayas near Mount Everest and brought down build stanley cup ings already weakened by last month devastating temblor. The new earthquake was centered 47 miles east of Kathmandu, and represents the largest aftershock to date since the 7.8 quake that struck April 25, killing more than 8,000 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Nepals National Emergency Operation Center had reported 42 deaths and 1,117 injuries by late afternoon, according to the New York Times. Officials warn that the toll could rise. This young lady in KTM nearly fainted when today 39 7.4 magnitude aftershock hit; in state of shock even after an hour pic. jordan twitter/LMjmSl5ZRimdash; Kashish Das Shrestha @kashishds May 12, 2015Tremors from Tuesday quake could be felt as far away as Bangladesh and New Delhi. Witnesses reported seeing rocks and mud crashing down remote hillsides. Aid workers in helicopters reported severe damage to villages. This comes as many had finally returned to their homes and apartments after camping outside in tents after the first quake. Anup Kaphle, senior foreign editor at Buzzfeed, has been reporting from Kathmandu on collapsed buildings, continued aftershocks and villagers waiting for aid: So many in Kathmandu had moved into their homes finally. Today 39 quake has dragged them out again. NepalEarthquake pic.twit adidas samba og ter/7xFHOn9e60mdash; Anup Kaphle
