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Republican leader Kevin McCarthy provided a written offer Thursday to his GOP opponents on rules changes and other demands they’ve sought in exchange for supporting him for speaker. The new concessions from the California Republican — as described by multiple Republicans involved in the negotiations — include promises for floor votes on a balanced budget...

Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Many of us at FiveThirtyEight have been glued to C-SPAN this week, as we’ve watched the yet-to-be-sworn-in House repeatedly try — and fail — to elect a speaker. With a slim majority in the chamber, Republicans were held hostage by a far-right flank of the party that refused

There is one unmistakable takeaway from Kevin McCarthy losing his fourth and fifth straight votes for speaker yesterday: Donald Trump couldn’t help him one bit...