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House adjourns with no speaker elected; McCarthy loses 11th vote

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House adjourns with no speaker elected; McCarthy loses 11th vote

The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned for a third straight day without electing a House speaker Thursday night after Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy lost his 11th consecutive vote for the position.

Crist advances to face DeSantis in Florida; Nadler beats Maloney in N.Y.

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Crist advances to face DeSantis in Florida; Nadler beats Maloney in N.Y.

Charlie Crist emerged as the Democratic challenger who will try to unseat Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in November and was one of the most-watched races in primary elections in Florida and New York Tuesday night.

House passes bill codifying federal same-sex, interracial marriage protections

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House passes bill codifying federal same-sex, interracial marriage protections

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House passes gun package, raising age for semi-automatic weapon purchases

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House passes gun package, raising age for semi-automatic weapon purchases

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House to consider Protect Our Kids Act on Wednesday to toughen gun law

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House to consider Protect Our Kids Act on Wednesday to toughen gun law

The House Judiciary Committee is expected to consider legislation Wednesday that would strengthen gun control laws in the wake of a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, the committee said Tuesday.

New York court approves redistricting map, throwing some races into chaos

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New York court approves redistricting map, throwing some races into chaos

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Jerrold Lewis "Jerry" Nadler (born June 13, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 8th congressional district, serving since 1992. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

The district includes the west side of Manhattan from the Upper West Side down to Battery Park, including the site where the World Trade Center stood. It also includes the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, and Greenwich Village, as well as parts of Brooklyn such as Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, and Bay Ridge. It includes many of New York City's most popular tourist attractions, including the Empire State Building, Central Park, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge and New York Stock Exchange.

Nadler was born in Brooklyn and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1965 (where his debate team partner was the future philosopher of science, Alexander Rosenberg, and his successful campaign for student government president was managed by Dick Morris). Nadler graduated from Columbia University and Fordham University School of Law. He is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He worked for Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 presidential campaign and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1976.

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