Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) is seeking to win over enough holdouts in the Republican conference to clinch the House speakership today, putting an end to the ongoing drama of GOP division that has all but halted the work of Congress.
News networks broke from ongoing coverage of the Israel-Hamas war to focus on the speaker race, a rare instance of genuine suspense in a floor vote, as it was last January, when Kevin McCarthy endure 15 roll calls before getting the top leadership post.
Unlike that spectacle, though, there is limited camera access for today’s roll call. Absent were the half-dozen or so media-pooled cameras in the chamber, leaving viewers with the traditional House-controlled stationary feed, generally focused on whoever is speaking or on a wide angle view of the proceedings.
Still photographers are being allowed. Jordan, a darling of the right-wing media ecosphere, has in recent days tried to convince more moderate parts of the Republican conference that his flame-throwing days are a thing of the past and that he has the organizational skills to unite them.
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