GOP Drops Jim Jordan as the House Speaker Circus Drags On

After a week of fits and starts in Jim Jordan’s bid for House Speaker, Republicans huddled behind closed doors on Friday afternoon and voted for the Ohio lawmaker to step aside. The caucus’s decision to strip Jordan of the “Speaker designee” title came on the heels of him falling short, once again Friday morning, of the votes needed to win the gavel. Jordan started the day projecting confidence that he would eventually win the Speakership in an early morning press conference that was light on substance and sprinkled with election...