Republican-led US House rejects Trump ally for speaker on first vote

US lawmakers rejected hard-line conservative Jim Jordan's bid for speaker of the US House of Representatives in the first round of voting Tuesday.

Jordan, who is chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee and is backed by scandal-engulfed Donald Trump, was defeated by 20 Republicans who joined every Democrat to deny him the gavel. The House, which has been paralyzed since McCarthy's ouster earlier this month, will not be able to approve new funding until a new speaker is in place.