"Uncertainty looms as GOP nominates Steve Scalise for House Speaker"

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise has won a closed-door conference vote to become the Republican majority's next candidate for speaker, but his nomination faces opposition from several GOP lawmakers who have publicly announced they will not support him in a chamber-wide vote. The fractured GOP caucus is divided, with tensions rising over the selection process. Scalise netted 113 Republican votes while his competitor, Jim Jordan, won 99. The current makeup of the House allows a GOP speaker candidate to lose only four votes without Democratic support, and at least 11 Republicans have already stated they will not vote for Scalise. The timing of the vote remains uncertain as Republicans try to resolve their differences.