House Republicans held another closed-door election for speaker of the U.S. House following Rep. Jim Jordan's (R-OH) failed bid for the position. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) said that Republicans were beginning the nomination process all over again after speaker-designee Rep. Tom Emmer (MN) dropped out due to lack of Republican support in securing the 217 votes needed to win the speakership in the full House. When a reporter asked why Democrats, who also had a slim majority in the last Congress,

Republican Young Kim, the representative of California's 39th congressional district, was sworn into the 117th United States Congress on Sunday. She talks about moving into her Capitol office and what she hopes to achieve as she begins her term. | Los Angeles Times