House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race to succeed retiring Speaker John Boehner, House Republicans say.
The shocking move came without warning as House Republicans were in a closed-door meeting to select their nominee for speaker. Boehner has also postponed internal leadership elections that were supposed to start on Thursday.
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