Members of the US House of Representatives will try for a fourth day to elect a Speaker on Friday in an attempt to end a political impasse.
The frontrunner, Republican Kevin McCarthy, has so far failed to reach the 218 votes required for election.
That’s due to a right-wing cohort within his own party refusing to vote for him.
There have so far been 11 failed votes – a paralysis of government not seen since the pre-Civil War era.
