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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Essentially, at this hour in Washington,

DC, Congress is unable to govern. That's after far-right Republican lawmakers were able to successfully

orchestrate a vote to oust speaker Kevin McCarthy. NPR Susan Davis says more on the historic

216 to 210 vote. They wanted to get the speaker out. They have no plan to get somebody else in.

It is very clear that the eight Republicans who voted against McCarthy seem almost immovable,

voting for him again, seems out of the question. But also, whoever wants to be speaker is going to have to

find a way to get hardline conservatives on board, or somehow attempt to reach across the aisle

and get democratic support, or that that seems highly unlikely, and also unprecedented.

NPR Susan Davis, it's the first time in history a house speaker has been voted out. It's not clear what the next steps will be.

California has a new U.S. Senator Lafonso Butler was sworn in today, as NPR's Tamara Keith reports,

the Vice President did the honors. Vice President Kamala Harris, once California's

Junior Senator, now first in line of presidential succession and president of the Senate,

delivered the oath to Butler.

And that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter, so help you God.

I will.

Congratulations.

Butler was appointed to fill the vacancy created when Senator Diane Feinstein died last week.

Feinstein had been the longest serving woman in the U.S. Senate.

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