Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was sworn in as Speaker of the House of Representatives Saturday morning, ending a divisive week of infighting and formally handing control of the House to the GOP.

A split in the party turned what is normally a tedious proceeding into a historic deadlock, with 20 hardline Republican lawmakers stalling the process in a combined effort to thwart McCarthy’s nomination and squeeze concessions from a leader they consider too consider establishment-friendly.

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