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  "id": 19399789,
  "title": "US House Republicans choose Jim Jordan as their next party leader",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/us-house-republicans-choose-jim-jordan-as-their-next-party-leader-19399789",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-10T21:17:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/us/2026/11/10/jim-jordan-speaker-house/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives elected Jim Jordan to lead the Republican Party for the upcoming Congress. The choice came as the party suffered its worst midterm electoral defeat in half a century. Jordan defeated current House majority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana in a secret ballot vote, 106-73. Scalise was criticized for being too closely linked with the failed midterm effort. Jordan's primary task will be to regain control of the House for Republicans. This will involve preventing any of President Donald Trump's promised vetoes of Democratic bills from being overridden by Republican defections. Jordan was the first leader of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, a voting bloc that pushed the party further right using aggressive tactics. Jordan, 62, was first elected in 2006 to represent a conservative rural district in northern Ohio. He once faced accusations of sexual abuse of college wrestlers while serving as an assistant coach, which he denied. Despite being called a \"legislative terrorist\" by former House speaker John Boehner, Jordan remains a prominent figure in the Republican Party.",
  "summary": "Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday elected Jim Jordan to be the party’s leader in the next Congress, choosing a new face after the worst midterm electoral drubbing in half a century. Mr Jordan defeated current House majority leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana for the role in a 106-73 secret ballot after saying his opponent was too closely associated with the failed midterm…",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "Jim Jordan elected minority leader by House GOP",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/jim-jordan-elected-minority-leader-by-house-gop",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:22:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "US House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as new minority leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/us-house-republicans-elect-jim-jordan-as-new-minority-leader",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:33:43.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "House Republicans elect Jim Jordan as their minority leader for the next Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/house-republicans-elect-jim-jordan-as-their-minority-leader-for-the",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:35:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "House Republicans pick Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan to lead them in the minority",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/house-republicans-pick-ohio-rep-jim-jordan-to-lead-them-in-the",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:52:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Republicans elect Trump ally Jim Jordan as new US House minority leader",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/republicans-elect-trump-ally-jim-jordan-as-new-us-house-minority",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:54:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "House GOP elects Jim Jordan as next leader in major shakeup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/house-gop-elects-jim-jordan-as-next-leader-in-major-shakeup",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:59:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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