The U.S. House of Representatives, mired in a chaotic leadership battle, rejected Republican Kevin McCarthy’s bid to lead the chamber two more times on Wednesday as a small group of holdouts in the party defied former President Donald Trump’s call for unity. Despite Trump’s appeal, McCarthy fell short in consecutive votes on Wednesday for House speaker after losing three votes on Tuesday, as roughly 20 Republicans on the party’s right flank refused to back a candidate they deemed ideologically unreliable.
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