The US House of Representatives meets for the first day of the 118th Congress to elect a speaker and swear in members. The new Congress opens with Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival as he strives to become House speaker. Lawmakers convene to what might be a new era of divided government as Democrats relinquish control of the House after midterm election losses. The Senate remains in Democratic hands barely.

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