I'm Virginia Allen, and this is the Daily Siddler Top News for Wednesday, October 4.

Here are today's headlines.

The big news in Washington, D.C. this week is revolving around the question, who will

be the next speaker of the house?

We won't know the answer to that question, likely until next week at the earliest.

What we do know is that Ohio Republican representative Jim Jordan has thrown his hat in the ring

as a candidate for the speakership.

The Congressman's office confirmed the news to the Daily signal earlier today.

Jordan had defended McCarthy on the floor of the house yesterday, arguing that McCarthy

kept his word and should remain speaker.

Jim McCarthy was ousted yesterday, McCarthy announced that he would not seek re-election

as speaker.

Today, Jordan indicated on X formerly Twitter that if elected as speaker, his priorities

would be securing the border, getting spending under control, fixing the institution, and

unifying the party.

But Jordan is not the only one running for the speakership position.

Today, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise also announced that he's running for the position

as speaker.

Scalise wrote in the letter announcing his run that this next chapter won't be easy, but

I know what it takes to fight, and I'm prepared for the battles that lie ahead.

The Daily Color News Foundation is also reporting that Chairman of the Republican Study Committee,

Kevin Hearn of Oklahoma, is also privately gauging support for a potential speakership bid.

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