The US House of Representatives was still Wednesday without a "speaker" after a failed fourth vote, a scenario unheard of in 100 years.

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A dissension in the Republican ranks prevented for the moment the favorite Kevin McCarthy from accessing the perch, wreaking havoc in the American Congress.

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