Endless negotiations in the corridors of the Capitol, messages back and forth… so far, everything is fruitless: the Republicans on Thursday did not advance in the search for a new president of the American Congress, writes AFP.

Paralyzed for more than a week, the institution is plunged into crisis, and a way out of this unprecedented impasse seems less and less obvious.

Its president, Kevin McCarthy, was ousted on October 3, the victim of fratricidal feuds between elected moderate Trump supporters.

His ouster not only exposed deep divisions among American conservatives in the year before the 2024 presidential election — because the electorate could not agree on his successor.

First of all, this caused an unprecedented paralysis of this camera, which is considered one of the most powerful in the world.

The United States is currently unable to vote for any new aid to Israel, a historic ally fighting Hamas. Not even the additional package for Russian-occupied Ukraine that has been under discussion for weeks.

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