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The children’s mother, 33-year-old Arielle Desislets, died a day after the fire from combustion and thermal injuries. Their father, 38-year-old Robert Desislets, died on the scene. The Spokane County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two children who died in a north Spokane house fire on April 20. A grumpy Trump scowling at the bench and a Civil War-like wannabe dictator hot for White House power and glory are united in one unlovely, vicious personage. The list of Trump’s crimes for which he has yet to be tried extends far beyond the New York indictment and the charge sheets in three other pending cases. Like Tom Ripley, the sociopathic narcissist anti-hero of Netflix’s popular TV mini-series, Trump is violently dangerous beyond all knowing.

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And that two unassigned characters of opposite genders are required by the laws of screenwriting to get together, even if one is a teenage pimp and the other a yuppie housewife. George Monroe, a jaded architectural model fabricator, is living the bachelor's life in the old family shack on the coast of California. Over the years, George has been avoiding getting up to modern CAD technology standards and eventually is fired from the architecture firm. When the principal owner refuses to let George keep a few of his models, he destroys all but one of the models with a roll of design plans. As he exits the building with the remaining model, he collapses and is rushed to the hospital, where it is revealed he has advanced stage cancer and any treatment would be futile.

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Christopher Desislets, 7, and Aiden Desislets, 2, died from combustion inhalation and “thermal injuries.” The manner of death was an accident, the office said. Scott, a real estate investor and renovator, and designer Debra Salmoni are once again joining forces to help homeowners update their vacation properties. The cottage-themed fifth season promises to be "the most action-packed, rip-roaring, and hilarious season so far." In the HGTV promo, Scott promises the "most dramatic transformations yet." After Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, then-Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, a Republican, persuaded a state judge that the 1864 ban could be enforced. Still, the law hasn’t actually been enforced while the case was making its way through the courts. Brnovich’s Democratic successor, Attorney General Kris Mayes, urged the state’s high court against reviving the law.

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George got a severance package when he was fired, and he determines to tear down the shack he lives in, build a new house, and win the love and respect of his son, all in one summer. I cannot proceed further without informing you that very early in the movie (spoiler warning), George discovers he has about four months to live. For a time we assume he has Ali MacGraw's disease (the sicker you get the better you look), but a specific diagnosis is revealed toward the end.

“Make no mistake, Arizonans are living in 1864 now because Donald Trump dismantled Roe v. Wade,” Democratic state Sen. Priya Sundareshan of Tucson said in a news conference before the vote organized by the Biden campaign and the Arizona Democratic Party. Kevin Kline gives an effective performance in this bittersweet drama as a terminally ill man who tries to shore up the world around him before he dies by reconnecting with his estranged son and making peace with his ex-wife (Kristin Scott Thomas), all while building the home of his dreams. Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen, Jamey Sheridan, Scott Bakula. Hollywood has fallen on dark days, dumbing down many of its films to the point where the actors seem measurably brighter than their dialogue and decisions. The current "My First Mister" directed by Chrstine Lahti, has surprisingly similar situations, more effectively handled. “Life as a House” is aimed at the audience that admired a movie like “Terms of Endearment” (1983) but exists, alas, on the level of its pale sequel, “The Evening Star” (1996).

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A 2-year-old boy died Saturday when a bounce house he was playing in was swept up by a gust of wind and crashed in a neighboring lot in Arizona, authorities said. Scammers and fraudsters can get creative when they’re trying to get ahold of your personal information. Give directly to The Spokesman-Review's Northwest Passages community forums series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions at the newspaper -- by using the easy options below. Gifts processed in this system are not tax deductible, but are predominately used to help meet the local financial requirements needed to receive national matching-grant funds.

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Even so, there would likely be a period where all abortion is outlawed, because the repeal won’t take effect until 90 days after the end of the legislative session, likely in mid-summer. PHOENIX (AP) — A proposed repeal of Arizona’s near-total ban on abortions won approval from the state House Wednesday after two weeks of mounting pressure on Republicans over an issue that has bedeviled former President Donald Trump’s campaign to return to the White House. When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father. When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding hi...

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Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion nationwide. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and several lawmakers said Wednesday they’ll push for legislation temporarily allowing Arizona doctors to perform abortions for their own patients in the neighboring state. George's shack sits in a cul-de-sac high on a cliff overlooking the Pacific, in Orange County, Calif. Owners of ocean frontage in that area will be interested to learn that with 26 weeks of severance pay as a model-maker, George can afford to tear down his house and build another one.

One involves a character who discovers something astonishing and falls off the roof. In my experience, people on roofs tend to hold on while digesting astonishing discoveries. Another involves the comeuppance of a nasty neighbor (Sam Robards). The nature of his comeuppance is dictated by the Law of Character Economy, which dictates, I believe, that the purpose of concealing his identity in an earlier scene is to reveal it in a later one. George, with a time limit on his life, decides to demolish the shack left to him by his father and build his own custom house. He enlists his son, Sam, who is alienated from his stepfather Peter and his mother Robin, who has since been remarried to a wealthy investor.

A Trump success in November, with all the ensuing chaos, schism and constitutional outrages, would bring closer both an end to peaceful, rational debate within America and the demise of US global leadership. A prospective second Trump term presages obsessive score-settling at home and abject appeasement abroad. Judges, law officers, witnesses, female accusers, military men, diplomats, academics and critical media may be among the early victims of a national revenge tragedy – a personalised purge of the institutions of state that could prove fatal to democracy.

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Their political ambitions imperiled by widespread opposition to a near-total abortion ban, Trump and U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake had urged Arizona lawmakers to ease the restrictions. But until Wednesday, most state House Republicans repeatedly used procedural votes to block repeal, each time drawing condemnation from Democratic President Joe Biden, who has made his support for abortion rights central to his reelection campaign.

It includes commentary by director/producer Irwin Winkler, producer Rob Cowan, and screenwriter Mark Andrus, as well as deleted scenes (one with William Russ, who was originally cast as Kurt Walker but replaced when he was injured in a motorcycle accident after filming began). Sam puts Christmas lights all over the unfinished house and shows George the gleaming house from his hospital window. The next morning, Sam returns to finish the house and Robin sits beside George until his death. Robin goes to the house and tells Sam about his father's death. Sam gives the property to a woman who has been living in a trailer park.

Those characters include George (Kevin Kline), a model-maker who has just been fired from his job at an architect's firm. Robin (Kristin Scott Thomas), his ex-wife, now trapped in a loveless marriage with the absent-minded Peter (Jamey Sheridan). Sam (Hayden Christensen), George and Robin's angst-ridden, pierced, drug-using and self-loathing son. Coleen (Mary Steenburgen), the next-door neighbor, and her daughter Alyssa (Jena Malone). And Josh (Ian Somerhalder), Sam's friend and Alyssa's boyfriend, and a part-time pimp. New Line Home Entertainment released the film on DVD on March 26, 2002.

It is a little deadening to realize, at about the 25-minute mark, that the problems of every single major character will be resolved by the end. Robin decides to assist as well, and she finds herself rediscovering George. George tells Sam, who feels betrayed and accuses George of being selfish and takes refuge at Alyssa's house.

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The ruling suggested doctors could be prosecuted under the law first approved in 1864, which carries a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion. The other Republican who supported the repeal measure, state Rep. Justin Wilmeth, didn’t return an email and phone call seeking comment on the vote. Dozens of people gathered outside the state Capitol before the House and Senate were scheduled to meet, then filled seats in the public gallery as lawmakers voted, many of them carrying signs or wearing shirts showing their opposition to abortion rights. For viewers on HGTV Canada, the renovation series starring Scott McGillivray has returned for its fifth season, but U.S. fans are left scratching their heads. It’s certainly more comforting to frame the movie as an entertainment, to interpret its studied avoidance of direct references to present-day politics as reassurance that, at heart, it’s essentially make-believe.

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Even as the defendant, dozy and defiant by turns, snoozed in court and slandered witnesses on social media, this same presumed 2024 Republican champion was effortlessly sweeping last week’s party primary with 83% of the vote. Advocates are collecting signatures for a ballot measure allowing abortions until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks, with exceptions — to save the parent’s life, or to protect her physical or mental health. Arizona is one of a handful of battleground states that will decide the next president. Trump, who has warned that the issue could lead to Republican losses, has avoided endorsing a national abortion ban but said he’s proud to have appointed the Supreme Court justices who allowed states to outlaw it. The private equity giant allegedly set up a web of sham trusts—using a secretive affiliate called Financial Credit Investment—to hold a portfolio of stranger-originated life insurance policies worth roughly $20 billion. Taking out life insurance on a stranger is “anathema to hundreds of years of public policy” and a violation of the Delaware Constitution, the suit says.

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Life as a House is a 2001 American drama film produced and written by Irwin Winkler. The screenplay by Mark Andrus focuses on a man who is anxious to repair his ex-wife and teenaged son after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. If the proposed repeal wins final approval from the Republican-controlled Legislature and is signed into law by Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, a 2022 statute banning the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy would become the prevailing abortion law.

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But that denialist view is itself a type of escapism or wishful thinking. Prepare, too, for a likely European rupture and trade war, a Nato split and an unravelling of 75 years of transatlantic collaboration. Prepare for an out-of-control global arms race, unchecked nuclear weapons proliferation on Earth and in space and the wholesale abandonment of climate crisis goals.

Sam is forced to spend his summer with George, who has not revealed his terminal condition, and help him with the house. Initially, Sam makes it a point not to help George demo the old house. When George refuses to give Sam money unless he works for it, Sam toys with becoming a prostitute, but is nearly caught and flees from his first encounter. The family was pulled from the second floor of the burning house at 1717 N. Howard St., where CPR was performed before the victims were transported to a hospital.

Arizona Republicans have been under intense pressure from some conservatives in their base, who firmly support the abortion ban, even as it’s become a liability with swing voters who will decide crucial races including the presidency, the U.S. Three Republicans joined in with all 29 Democrats Wednesday to repeal a law that predated Arizona’s statehood and provides no exceptions for rape or incest. If the Senate approves as expected, Arizona would allow abortions up to 15 weeks. You have to approach “Life as a House” knowing that it has no interest in life as it is really lived or people as they really are, and offers lovable characters whose personality traits dictate their behavior, just like on television. What is remarkable is how Kline and Thomas, in particular, are able to deepen their characters by sheer skill and depth of technique, so that we like them and care what happens to them. (Whether it is George and Robin we like, or Kline and Thomas, is beside the point--the characters and actors amount to the same thing.) Some episodes in the movie seem especially contrived.

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The scenes that play best are not the ones of high drama and tear-jerking intensity, but the moments of simple affection between Kline and Thomas. Any sentient being will be able to predict, after sizing up the characters and their establishing dialogue, that Sam will remove the hardware from his face and learn through hard work to become clean and sober and love his father. That Robin will want to share the experience with Sam (and her two young children by the second marriage), and will recall her early love for George. That Sam and Alyssa will become friends, and a little more.

George collapses and is found by Robin the following morning. Complications arise when neighbor David Dokos tries to halt construction because the building's height exceeds the allowable limit by six inches. His plans to halt the project are stopped by Sam, who recognizes him from his prostitution attempt and blackmails him.

Apollo Global Management Inc. bet on the longevity of senior citizens by acquiring illegal life insurance policies and funneling the payouts through shell entities, according to a new lawsuit. The 2-year-old was rushed to a local hospital and later pronounced dead from his injuries while a second child sustained non-life threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office reportedly said. Planned Parenthood officials vowed to continue providing abortions for the short time they are still legal and said they will reinforce networks that help patients travel out of state to places like New Mexico and California to access abortion. The Arizona Supreme Court concluded this month that the state can enforce a long-dormant law that permits abortions only to save the pregnant patient’s life.

Talking of disintegration, what a diminished figure Trump now cuts in court. Slouched, round-shouldered and silenced alongside his lawyers, he acts up, sulky, aggrieved, childishly petulant. Republican lawmakers, in turn, are considering putting one or more competing abortion proposals on the November ballot. “Life as a House” has much heart and not enough brain, and to the degree that you can put your centers of higher intelligence on hold, it works as a tragicomic weeper. Because it is slick and classy and good to look at, and the actors are well within their range of competence, you can enjoy the movie on a made-for-TV level, but you wish it had been smarter and tougher.

The three remained on life support for a short time, according to relatives. The Spokane Fire Department determined the cause of the fire was the use of an extension cord instead of permanent wiring near the front porch, which quickly engulfed the second story. The lethal 6 January insurrection he incited and applauded was stark treason against the republic. The racist relativism of Charlottesville in 2017 foreshadowed recent, unrepentant talk of “poisoning the blood of our country”. His corrosive words burn like acid through the social fabric.

They’re about sex, lies and Access Hollywood videotape, about trust and betrayal, truth and division. They’re about democracy in America, where political feuds and vendettas swirl, guns proliferate and debates over civil rights are neither civil nor right. Mayes has said the earliest the law could be enforced is June 8, though the anti-abortion group defending the ban, Alliance Defending Freedom, maintains county prosecutors can begin enforcing it once the Supreme Court’s decision becomes final, which is expected to occur this week.

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Boston Fern – Nephrolepis Exaltata ‘Bostoniensis’One of the easier ferns to grow indoors. A popular bromeliad species are grown for its green leathery foliage and bright red or orange bract. Grown for their attractive blooms outdoors (just about everywhere) and indoors when given enough bright light. I appreciate the detailed insights on watering techniques, light exposure, and temperature control. The article also emphasizes the importance of proper plant preparation and engaging the help of a trusted friend or neighbor. Overall, this resource is a lifesaver for plant lovers, allowing them to enjoy their trips without worrying about the health of their beloved indoor plants.

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While Aglaonemas are generally low-maintenance plants, there are a few things to keep in mind in order to keep them healthy. It is important to water the plants regularly, as they will quickly dry out if they do not have enough moisture. Monstera, also known as the Swiss cheese plant, is a tropical plant that can grow up to 20 meters tall in its native habitat. Regardless of your circumstances, this list of common houseplants will have the right set of plants for you. From succulents to ivy, these plants are all hardy and perfect for beginners or anyone who doesn't have a green thumb. It’s a bright green creeping plant loves moisture and looks stunning dangling down the pots.

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Be sure to plant your aloe in a well-draining soil suitable for succulents and cacti and allow the soil to dry out completely between waterings. Aloe can go several weeks to several months without watering; however, if your aloe’s leaves start to feel a bit flat, your plant could use a drink. Research suggests that rooms containing houseplants are filled with up to 60 percent fewer molds and bacteria than rooms with no plants, making the air safer to breathe. In addition, other studies indicate that illnesses related to the common cold are reduced by more than 30 percent thanks to houseplants.

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Tropical cactus requires a certain amount of regular water in order to survive and make good houseplants. An easy to care for plant that displays very narrow arching leaflets compared to other palms. Dumb Cane – Dieffenbachia AmoenaIts easy-to-care-for style and resilience to neglect to make these wonderful house plants.

With its glossy green leaves and stunning white flowers, the peace lily makes a lovely addition to any home or office. You want an affordable way to add color and flair to your living area or workspace. You don't have a backyard but still want to dabble in gardening. You want to care for a living object and can't afford a pet. In 1989, NASA released this oft-cited study reporting that certain houseplants can help clean the air in your house and office of harmful toxins.

Their extra-large green leaves usually fall down to the sides a bit, ensuring the flowers get plenty of visibility. As long as you can tame it, English ivy is sturdy and relatively easy to care for. Some people consider it an invasive species outdoors, but inside, it holds up well to different humidities and light levels. Put it in a darker area to limit growth or provide more sunlight if you want it to get as big as possible.

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Occasionally, under the right conditions, these plants will bloom small flowers in springtime, but this is rare. A flowering member of the spurge family, crown-of-thorns is a particularly beautiful succulent plant, naturally found in Madagascar. With small bright blooms coming in white, salmon, pink or yellow, this plant is known for its thorny stems which are used in nature as a natural defense mechanism. Preferring infrequent deep watering and bright light, avocado trees do best when fertilized on occasion with a balanced fertilizer suitable for citrus trees.

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There are plain green ones as well as variegated varieties. Devil’s ivy looks lovely trailing out of a hanging basket, climbing up a pole or other structure, or just being left to meander over a tabletop or mantel. English ivy (Hedera helix) has leathery leaves and vigorous vining stems that have made it popular as an outdoor groundcover, but unfortunately it has become invasive in some regions.

The EPA rules would not mandate use of equipment to capture and store carbon emissions — a technology that is expensive and still being developed. Instead, the agency would set caps on carbon dioxide pollution that plant operators would have to meet. Some natural gas plants could start blending gas with other fuel sources that do not emit carbon, although specific actions would be left to the industry. Coal provided about 16% of U.S. electricity last year, down from about 45% in 2010. Natural gas provides about 43% of U.S. electricity, with the remainder from nuclear energy and renewables such as wind, solar and hydropower.

They thrive in high humidity, so they're a great choice for your bathroom—or you may need to place them in a saucer with pebbles and standing water to provide a humid environment. "I’d recommend bromeliads for those hoping to add a splash of color to the room," Pangborn says. This perennial herb can be grown on a sunny windowsill, so you can add a touch of flavor to anything from cocktails to stews.

As a houseplant, this hardy species remains much smaller and rarely grows over 10’ tall. While there are over 1000 species of begonia, one of the most popular types to keep is the rex begonia. Smaller than many begonia types, rex begonia maxes out at 18” tall and maintains a tidy, mounding growth habit.

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One of many gorgeous philodendrons to grow as house plants, Philodendron xanadu is a clump-forming species with lobed leaves that enjoys growing in a shady location. Provide it with the humidity it enjoys by misting regularly. Other attractive philodendrons to grow include Philodendron scandens, Philodendron erubescens and Philodendron 'Imperial Red'.

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The leaves trend towards a faintly curved dome shape, growing densely out of their pot from thick stems. They prefer occasional but deep watering, with lots of indirect sunlight to keep the photosynthesis going. Requiring humidity levels of 70% or higher, staghorn ferns will require a little extra care to ensure they receive adequate moisture, but they are well worth the investment. To keep your plants growing strong, allow your fern’s substrate to dry out between waterings. Like weeping figs, fiddle leaf figs can be sensitive to environmental changes, so try to maintain consistent watering, humidity and light levels to prevent leaf drop. Despite their delicate nature, fiddle leaf figs are very lovely plants with large, glossy leaves that are sure to add color and interest to your home.

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Known for their deep purple leaves, purple shamrocks also bloom tiny, lavender flowers that are sure to please. To keep your pitcher plants happy, try potting them in a hanging basket and provide them with a little extra humidity to encourage them to produce more pitchers. A native of Africa, the pencil cactus is a small shrub or tree that naturally produces a poisonous latex as a line of defense. A slender houseplant, in nature pencil cacti can live quite long and grow rather woody with age. As the name implies, heart leaf ferns are famed for their adorable glossy, heart-shaped leaves.

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It’s one of the most powerfully fragrant indoor blooming plants you can grow, plus it needs very little water. Outdoors, a new tree can be a big investment, but easy indoor trees can make affordable yet eye-catching houseplants for beginners. The secret to keeping Norfolk Island pine (Araucaria heterophylla) healthy indoors is to give it bright but indirect light.

Some of our favorite varieties include ripple peperomia, watermelon peperomia, baby rubber plant, and silverleaf peperomia. Its waxy, colorful foliage adds a splash of color in any room without taking up a lot of space. These plants prefer temperatures of 60 and 75°F and bright, indirect light in well-draining, sandy soil that should be kept lightly moist during the growing season. Reduce watering to the occasional, light application in winter.

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Coming in both solid and variegated options, keep your creeping fig in a humid room or mist it frequently as this plant is prone to drying out quite rapidly in arid conditions. Blooming once in their lives, bromeliads will typically die back after blooming; however, they may produce a “pup,” or baby bromeliad, before doing so. Feed your bromeliad occasionally with a liquid, orchid fertilizer and ensure your bromeliad has adequate airflow to prevent fungus. While there are over 500 different species of aloe, Aloe vera is the most commonly variety, which is prized for its ability to moisturize and soothe skin burns.

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The rule also requires developers of transmission lines to develop public participation plans when they apply for permits, she said. About 30% of carbon dioxide emissions comes from the electricity sector, according to the EPA's website. The largest share – 35% – comes from the transportation sector, which generates about 24% of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA reports that burning coal produces more carbon dioxide than natural gas or oil. He cited a 2022 decision by the Supreme Court, which ruled against the agency in a case about its efforts to do so. That decision is "a red light flashing at EPA," Garbarino wrote, because it said new standards should be determined by legislation rather than agency rule.

An unusual looking succulent with long trailing stems, the fleshy leaves of burro’s tail have an interesting texture that almost looks as if they were woven together. Coming in gray-green to blueish-green coloration, burro’s tale is easy care and looks particularly charming when placed in a hanging basket. If you love ferns, Boston ferns’ luxurious, dense foliage is hard to beat. Growing up to 3’ tall by 3’ wide, Boston ferns are some of the larger ferns you can grow as houseplants and they add vibrant color and a classic feel to any décor. If you want to grow an unusual houseplant, try keeping an avocado tree. When grown outdoors, avocado trees can exceed 60’ tall; however, as houseplants, they are much more diminutive, rarely growing above 10’.

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The rubber plant has the usual needs of tropical plants—bright, indirect light, warmth, and humidity. Watch for the plant's leaves to turn dull or drop off, which could indicate it needs a bit more light. As succulents, jade plants require minimal watering—a boon for those who tend to neglect their houseplants.

Gardenias, which can be grown both indoors and outdoors, are popular as houseplants thanks to their pleasant fragrance. It produces beautiful white blooms that are contrasted by glossy, dark evergreen foliage. Though it has a reputation for being high maintenance, the scent and beauty of gardenias make the work well worth it. Peace lily (Spathiphyllum sp.) is a popular option because it’s one of the relatively few houseplants that reliably produces showy flowers indoors. "It features pretty, white flowers that resemble callas, and its glossy, dark green foliage that adds a striking touch to indoor decor when not in bloom," says Hancock.

Simply dust them off with a damp cloth (leaf sprays may damage the foliage). Keep in mind that all parts of the plant are toxic, so keep away from children and pets. Staghorn ferns are relatively large plants with a distinctive forked shape at the end of their main leaves. These plants usually attach to trees and grow higher up, so they’re particularly good wall plants. Ideal watering involves letting them wilt slightly, then thoroughly watering them again.

Get plant care tips, exclusive offers, & event invites straight to your inbox. Our team preps, prunes, & carefully packs every order—meaning lots of care goes into every step. If your plant arrives damaged or unhealthy, we replace it for free. Here is everything you need to know about growing bromeliads. You can easily propagate the plants by removing offshoots from the mother plant and planting them in their own pot. As a bonus, are known to remove harmful toxins such as carbon monoxide and formaldehyde from the air, making them ideal for use in homes or offices.

Low-light picks, options for clean air and more easy-to-care-for varieties. With so many houseplants to choose from, it can be difficult to decide which ones are right for you. You may also be interested in learning how to grow and care for mass cane plants. The most popular type of bromeliad is the pineapple plant, which is known for its large, spiny leaves and vibrant yellow flowers. Parlor palms are also popular due to their ability to remove toxins from the air, making them a great choice for homes and offices where indoor air quality is important. Monstera also benefits from humid conditions, so consider misting the leaves or placing them in a bathroom with high humidity levels.

Make sure to provide plenty of fertilizer in spring and summer. The attractive pink, green and white foliage of stromanthe triostar may have you believing this beauty is a high-maintenance plant, but that’s not the case. Well-adapted to average household conditions, this plant prefers a bit of humidity and regular and consistent waterings. As a succulent, snake plants tend to thrive on neglect and require infrequent, but thorough, watering. Snake plants should be watered once a month or even less and soil should be allowed to dry out completely between waterings. Frequently sold attached to a board, shingle plants are vines; however, they have a different growth habit from other vining species.

It does well in medium light but can survive in lower light areas as well. Though this palm likes humidity and extra moisture, you can water it sparingly. ZZ plants do well in average household temperatures and humidity levels so don’t overthink this part. They prefer temperatures of 65°F to 75°F and can sustain damage under 50°F. They do best in 40-50% humidity levels, which mimic their native environment.

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The small city of Los Angeles struggled initially and focused on selling the sunshine of California as a health tonic to the pale, sickly workers of the East Coast (or so they were depicted). The movie industry came later, and really got going with the arrival of Cecil B. DeMille. Weak Unions and plentiful labor with cheap space for studios made it a small rival for the established studios in the North East US. Loss and disappointment are common themes in these stories; it’s easy to understand how Los Angeles has become such a hotbed for paranormal activity. Taylor is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, yoga instructor and frontline worker who spends most of her time in her van (Vannigan) winding through the coastal and mountain roads of California where she feels most at home.

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The sparse forest didn’t seem so haunted until the 1950s, when the Marx Brothers purchased the land and temporarily saved the dilapidated mansion from destruction—in the process turning it into a favorite haunt for squatters and ne’er-do-wells. "Imagine having a house back in the day and you could play music everywhere in it from a record player," he says. "The record player was still there when we bought the house, so that was really cool."

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Nathan Solis is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. He previously worked for Courthouse News Service, where he wrote both breaking news and enterprise stories ranging from criminal justice to homelessness and politics. Before that, Solis was at the Redding Record Searchlight as a multimedia journalist, where he anchored coverage of the destructive 2017 fires in Northern California. In 1986, a park employee was run over by the tram during a special Halloween “Fright Nights” show. Paul Rebalde, 20, was stationed on a parked tram filled with mannequins dressed to look like corpses, the Sheriff’s Department said at the time.

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Of course, the spooks didn't have to travel quite that far to re-terrorize Carol Anne, as the home is actually located in suburban Altadena. There are a lots of “actually” haunted places in Los Angeles, and then there are the places that are just haunted by pop culture. Ghouls, skeletons, witches and werewolves invite you to help haunt this manor.

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The picturesque Verdugo Hills High School tucked away in the North Valley has been a popular filming location for decades, but its use in 1996’s The Craft represents one of its most notable on-screen appearances. In real life, it’s not a private Catholic institution but part of the LAUSD public school system. The terrifyingly haunted house on an Indian burial ground in Poltergeist is actually (appropriately?) in Simi Valley. California Haunted House Knotts Scary Farm is one of if not the biggest haunted attraction in America. Knotts Scary Farm features over 15 haunted attractions, hundreds of monsters and much more. Our unique collection of captivating and unnerving historical stories reveals what makes this city one of the most compelling haunted locations in the country.

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Each year, we search the internet to find out what these haunts are up to during the off-season. During our 2021 update session for California, 19 haunts’ information was updated, 18 were removed (for various reasons) and 4 haunts were added to the California Haunted House Directory. This includes the innards of their firehouse headquarters themselves, located at Firestation No.23 at 5th and Maple in Downtown.

In addition to House II, the mansion has appeared in After Midnight (1989) and The Manor (2021). On TV, the Stimson House starred as the Francis house in Mad Men seasons 5, 6 and 7. Wes Craven’s insanely popular 1984 juggernaut, A Nightmare on Elm Street launched seven sequels and a 2010 reboot and was largely lensed on a leafy residential street in Hollywood. The green-roofed, Colonial-style house where Freddy Krueger stalked Nancy Thompson’s dreams still looks virtually identical to its onscreen self – as does the residence where Glen Lantz (Johnny Depp in his first-ever acting role) lived. Glen’s home is located two houses down from Nancy’s, on the opposite side of the street.

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The library stacks where a spectral librarian materialized were the very ones at L.A.’s Central Library. And Downtown’s centurion Millenium Biltmore Hotel served as the Sedgewick Hotel, where the ‘Busters met Slimer whilst coming, seeing, kicking ass, and busting their ghostbusting cherries upon capturing their first spirit. These are but a few of the many locations you can see from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise in L.A., which include the houses of Nancy’s pals, down to the place where a young Johnny Depp got swallowed and spit up in bed. As fun as it was watching decent Midwesterners get their just desserts in the fictional town of Springwood, Ohio, the most iconic locations from Nightmare on Elm Street are in the oh-too-real megalopolis of Los Angeles. The Pirates Cave Haunt is back for its 21st season.To keep Halloween alive this year, we are doing our first Yard Display Show on the origins of the Pirate's Cave. The attraction is a 10-minute multi-screen video presentation synced to lighting effects, props, special effects, and live actors.

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“The basement of the club was where they would take care of problem people. There is still a hole in the stairway that fits a gun, to shoot anyone going up or downstairs.” Carradine says employees have claimed to hear voices, cries and even snarls coming from the basement. “After years of denying the ghost stories, the Comedy Store is now embracing its past and even started tours of the haunted basement,” he adds.

You can fully explore the manor for as long as you can stand it before and after the show. If you are looking to be thoroughly scared, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood is one of Los Angeles’s favorite annual haunted experiences. With over 50 terrifying years under its belt, Knott’s Scary Farm is the longest-running and one of the most elaborate Halloween theme parks in Southern California. Put your brave pants on and scroll through all the haunts in LA this Halloween season. We’ve traveled around Los Angeles to find the scariest places to visit when you’re high, whether for Halloween or a day of exploring the city.

LA has the movies, but it’s still a city like any other, and even LA felt the effects of the Great Depression. The beautiful Hollywood First National building opened as a mixed-use building as high as was possible at the time, with ‘ultra-modern fixtures’ it was, for a while, a desirable location. Soak up some fascinating history on your tour as well as hearing about the deplorable side of the City of Angels. In a town where everyone’s got a story, sticking to the facts takes dedication and perseverance. Our tour is painstakingly researched and based on facts from the history books and recorded first person accounts of hauntings and ghostly sightings. With so much magic around, it’s a shame they have been unable to protect themselves from being haunted.

Everyone on an LA Ghosts tour will learn something new about the ghosts of LA. In 1930 the sign was still in its original form, reading ‘HOLLYWOODLAND’ it promoted a new housing development. Aspiring actress Peg Entwistle tasted fame, following the time-honored tradition of an ‘and’ career Actress ‘and’ stage bit player, she also went to parties with Hollywood’s royalty hoping to be noticed. The strategy worked, she appeared in one film, Thirteen Women (1932), but then she hit a dead end. Drinking, drugs, and depression ensued, and after one heavy night of drinking, she scaled all 50 feet of the first ‘H’ and plunged to her death.

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The studio complex where such legendary Tinseltown films as Gone with the Wind and Raging Bull were filmed was built in 1918 by silent movie pioneer Thomas Ince. Ince died in 1924, after falling ill on newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst’s yacht during a star-studded cruise and dinner, celebrating Ince’s 42nd birthday. While the official cause of death was listed as heart failure, legend has it that Ince was actually shot and killed by a jealous Hearst, who was supposedly aiming at (and missed) Charlie Chaplin, who had eyes for Hearst’s mistress Marion Davies. Some say Ince’s ghost still shows up for work at his beloved former studio, and can be seen and heard walking through walls and criticizing management. The Pantages is also host to a female presence who died during a show in 1932.

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Before this popular Sunset Strip comedy club appeared on the scene in 1972, it was Ciro’s restaurant, one of Hollywood’s hippest clubs during the 1940s and ’50s. Its owners had a close affiliation with the mob and the building still has peepholes in the upper walls of the main room that once allowed mobsters to see who was coming and going. Mickey “The King of the Sunset Strip” Cohen used the club as his base of operations. “West Hollywood was a gangster-run place with gun fights in the streets,” says Carradine.

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Each year, they take on a new, multisensory theme– all equally terrifying. Since it’s rare to find a haunted house in Los Angeles where they can touch you, this is a unique experience where you’ll be fully and physically immersed. The historic, haunted Phillips Mansion (one of the year-round haunted houses in Los Angeles) is the perfect place to horrify thrill seekers. Throughout the fall, the farm becomes an entirely transformed theme park with haunted mazes and attractions, unique and terrifying live performances, and 1000+ creatures waiting for you in the trees. The Queen Mary certainly has a past that’s ripe for modern-day hauntings.

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California Haunted House - Universal Studios Horror Nights House of Horrors is a year around haunted house located inside of Universal Studios, Hollywood. Hauntworld Magazine will take you deep inside one of the best year around haunted houses in America. The ghost stories on LA Ghosts features the stars of every era of the silver screen. You’ll see the theatres that have seen the grandest openings, the glitziest premiers, and more collective Oscars than Katherine Hepburn (with a lifetime total of four, still the most ever!).

The property, which was built as the winter residence for wealthy Nebraska banker Gurdon Wattles, is currently owned by the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation and its grounds are accessible to the public. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1993, Wattles Mansion is a popular filming location and has also appeared in The O.C., My Family, Troop Beverly Hills, Rain Man, and Diana Ross’ “Eaten Alive” music video. The abandoned mansion across the street also boasts a horror film resume – it appeared in The Convent, Twice Dead, Evil Toons and The Immortalizer, just to name a few.

Because the seller lived several hours away, she would rarely visit, which is why the property was so deteriorated, the couple says. When the two took possession of the home, it had been empty for four years, the couple said. A family built it in the 1960s, and then it was passed down to two siblings, a son and a daughter. The son, an architect, lived in the home for many years, and then, when he passed away, the house went to his sister, who then sold it to Phipps and Volkov. "You can really see this property had not been cared for at all," Volkov says. "Once you got inside, there was a really musky smell with the old furniture and old things there."

The infamous prom scene from the 1976 Brian De Palma film, Carrie took place at the gym of the former Pier Avenue Junior High School in Hermosa Beach. While the school’s gym interior was used for some filming, a replica of it was created on a soundstage at Culver Studios for the massacre scene. Pier Avenue Junior High shut its doors in 1975 and was subsequently converted into the Hermosa Beach Community Center, which still looks largely the same as it did in "Carrie." The Stimson House is located a five-minute walk from the LATTC/Ortho Institute Station of the Metro E Line (Expo). The mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in March 1978, and designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument No. 212 in May 1979.

Lights and faucets are known to turn on and off on their own and the switchboard gets calls from vacant rooms. This spooky cavern in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park is probably most familiar if you’ve seen 1956’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers. If you visit, we don’t recommend catching some Z’s while you’re there. This stately house where the Ghoulies lived is located right at the edge of Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles. Curson Avenue used to be rentable for weddings and other events, but it’s not open at this time.

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What you will see is the struggle, the desire, and the passion that has made this town a mecca for the spirits that just can’t let go and haunt the places they remain attached to. Zombie Joe’s in North Hollywood is among those Los Angeles haunted houses for adults that don’t hold back on the immersive horror front. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group is the world’s largest Halloween themed entertainment company- with over 15 locations and counting. We bring a premier haunted house experience to markets all across the country.

One of the most famous residents, John Lennon, was assassinated just outside the building in 1980. People in today’s market want a fun activity to do when they get together with friends and family. With multiple room escape and axe throwing locations, we provide a different type of group outing.

The home was infamously constructed in a development built atop an old cemetery. And (spoiler alert!) they “left the bodies and only moved the headstones.” We can’t imagine how that could possible go wrong. The real-life Dakota has claimed many influential residents over the years, including Lauren Bacall, Jack Palance, and Boris Karloff.

The spirit of Halloween spreads across the village, and the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride accompanies a haunted house in the mortuary. Here’s your handy guide to the 13 most haunted places in L.A., including a Hollywood theater, a notorious Downtown hotel and a Long Beach oceanliner where ghosts of the past still rattle a few chains. It may just be the Universal Studios tram tour, which dates to the silent film era. Once primarily a behind-the-scenes tour, the trek has evolved to define the modern theme park. Details of the accident that took place Saturday night — amid the 60th anniversary of the attraction — remain sketchy, but the CHP said the agency has determined that drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the crash that injured 15 park visitors.

This campground was the setting of the fictional Camp Crystal Lake in Friday the 13th. The property isn’t open to visitors all the time, but you can take a tour and even stay overnight at special events. She also tells us the house is a series of doors that you enter in order, from one to 17. You’re following the journey of Paula, a college freshman at the fictional Gluttire University.

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In the years before he arrived in Congress in 2017, Mr. Johnson worked as an attorney and spokesman for the anti-abortion-rights and anti-gay group Alliance Defense Fund — now called the Alliance Defending Freedom. During that time, he expressed some of his hard-line views in editorials in the local newspaper in his hometown of Shreveport, La. On Nov. 8, 2020, Mr. Johnson was onstage at a northwest Louisiana church speaking about Christianity in America when Mr. Trump called. Mr. Johnson had been in touch with the president’s team on his myriad legal challenges seeking to overturn the results, “to restore the integrity of our election process,” according to a Facebook post by Mr. Johnson recounting the exchange.

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The 118th version of the Senate did the same this week, convening for a celebratory induction of new members and the swearing in of re-elected senators on Tuesday, then quickly fleeing the capital for three weeks to allow the House to occupy the political stage alone. A welcome winter rain has tamped down the Central Valley dust, but high winds have sent tumbleweeds bounding down the city’s wide boulevards. The Republican divisions obstructing Mr. McCarthy’s decade-long ambition of becoming speaker of the House have been playing out on both the national stage in Washington and a far smaller though equally telling one in his hometown and home district. It is easier to find detractors on his far-right flank than die-hard supporters, in what should be friendly home turf for California’s top Republican — one of the reddest cities in one of the bluest states in the country. She told The Hill shortly after starting the job that she had taken diction classes to prepare and had done a three-minute audition that involved reading out a resolution, amendment, handwritten amendment, presidential message and bill. Still, a large contingent of the crowd hung on, with a mixed but visible reaction to Representative Lauren Boebert, who had been a hard holdout, voting “present.” Some booed, and one yelled “sellout!

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Taking the term “small government” to its most-absurd conclusion, House Republicans cycled through another House speaker candidate in a matter of hours Tuesday, leaving the governing body ungoverned and themselves looking like clowns in search of a circus with low standards. Prior to that, the last Republican speaker had been Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, who died in 1931. Technically, he died as speaker, but his party lost its majority before the next Congress convened and elected a Democrat to the job. Like Johnson an era later, Hastert was a relatively quiet member of the leadership who enjoyed goodwill generally in the rank and file. Hastert was speaker through the last two Clinton years and first six of the George W. Bush presidency. But he voluntarily resigned after the GOP lost badly in the 2006 midterms, a defeat Bush called "a thumpin' " at the time.

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Some students become fearful that if they participate in any demonstrations, they’re going to face disciplinary action. So fast forward now to April, when these student protesters learned that President Shafik is headed to Washington for her congressional testimony. So these students in real-time are beginning to test some of the things that Columbia’s president has just said before Congress.

Mr. Johnson came to Congress in 2017 with support from the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, though he has never joined the group. “The slates of electors were produced by a clearly unconstitutional process, period,” he said. In December 2020, Mr. Johnson collected signatures for a legal brief in support of a Texas lawsuit, rooted in baseless claims of widespread election irregularities, that tried to throw out the results in four battleground states won by Joseph R. Biden Jr. “We will stop the socialist agenda, we will control the purse strings, and you will see some pretty vigorous investigations and oversight because that is a really important responsibility of the Congress in our constitutional system,” he said. House Speaker Mike Johnson entered the speaker's office for the first time after being sworn in, with his new name plate hanging above the door.

They refused to certify that President Biden was the rightful winner. They spread lies that helped ignite a mob of Trump supporters to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. WASHINGTON — The House was in an uproar, unable to settle on its new speaker, forcing roll call vote after roll call vote. The Senate had quietly slipped out of the city while insurgents in the House demanded more power as the nation watched anxiously.

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Johnson said Republicans would "dispense with all of the usual ceremonies and celebrations” and get to work. “You’re going to see an aggressive schedule in the days and weeks ahead,” he said. A bloc of Republicans had objected to the speaker bid of Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the hard-right co-founder of the Freedom Caucus, because of his role in helping lead Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. But some said they did not have the same concerns about Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson has opposed continued funding for the war in Ukraine, which has emerged as a bitter fault line in the G.O.P. and in the spending battles that he will have to navigate in the coming days. Democrats were scathing in their assessment of Mr. Johnson’s ascent to the speakership.

Mr. Crane, an incoming freshman, doesn’t have any track record as a player in Washington so it’s hard to discern what he may want, and he hasn’t articulated any particular asks. They are the last remaining six Republican holdouts who in the last round voted against Mr. McCarthy. As the vote-casting began, a few people packed their bags, closed out their tabs and left. “The empty chair is such poetry,” one onlooker said before the vote, pointing at the screen. A bartender switched the channel from basketball to C-SPAN about 10 minutes before the vote was set to start, but it was only when the session was called to order that the rowdy crowd turned its attention fully to the screens, hooting and clapping.

The Ohio Republican is a founding member of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus, a key faction of House Republicans that haunted McCarthy and forced him to placate to the right flank of his conference throughout his speakership. As a shutdown looked all but certain, McCarthy ultimately put forth a bipartisan stopgap bill on the House floor to fund the government just hours before a shutdown would have started. Days after the shutdown was averted, Gaetz filed a motion to vacate, and his efforts to oust McCarthy succeeded, putting the House in the frozen state seen today.

Scalise was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a treatable blood cancer, in August. He returned to the Capitol last month and said that he was three weeks into a treatment on chemotherapy at the time. "We need to move swiftly to address our national security needs and to avoid a shutdown in 22 days," Biden said. But the speech infuriated Mr. Trump, and Mr. McCarthy quickly worked to get back in the former president’s good graces, traveling to his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, three weeks later to meet with him. “He will have to live the entirety of his speakership in a straitjacket constructed by the rules that we’re working on now,” Mr. Gaetz said. Carrots may have succeeded in winning Mr. McCarthy the speaker’s gavel.

It has already spent all of the funding Congress had previously provided to support Ukraine, sending more than $44 billion worth of weapons, maintenance, training and spare parts since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. Allies to Rep. Jim Jordan and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise are divided over a proposal to change how the speaker nomination process would work, which would have major implications for who would be able to prevail. There is also some discussion of including funding for border security funding and for Taiwan in an eventual package, as there is growing uncertainty over how future supplemental packages would fare in the GOP-controlled House. Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry is limited to help Israel in the midst of war — meaning the House can’t pass any legislation until a new speaker is chosen. Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator, likened the conference to a “scattergram” as Republicans continue to debate the way forward.

House Republicans chose and then quickly repudiated yet another of their nominees for speaker on Tuesday and rushed to name a fourth, pressing to put an end to a remarkable three-week-long deadlock that has left Congress leaderless and paralyzed. On Wednesday, Mr. Johnson was toiling to help Republicans turn the page from the chaos of the past few weeks. He said there would be none of the typical celebrations that accompany the election of a new speaker. Mr. Johnson was only able to emerge as his party’s nominee for speaker this week after three other G.O.P. nominees before him were unable to rally enough support. The podcasts, spanning 69 episodes, offer an extended window into Mr. Johnson's views and politics, as he co-hosts the program with his wife, a licensed pastoral counselor. In it, the man who has just been elected speaker, an evangelical Christian, talks at length about his vehement opposition to abortion rights, calls the Democratic agenda socialist, and rails against the prosecution of Mr. Trump for his efforts to interfere in the 2020 election.

The four absences mean Johnson will need 215 votes to win the speakership if all members in the chamber vote for a candidate. "Therefore, the Honorable Mike Johnson of the state of Louisiana, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress," McHenry, the interim speaker, announced after reading the final vote tally. Johnson now faces a daunting list of challenges, with a fast-approaching government shutdown chief among them. The House is staring down a deadline of Nov. 17, when current government funding expires.

This marks a clear departure from how those same members viewed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision earlier this month to put a short-term spending bill on the floor, which ultimately led to his ouster. House conservatives are signaling they’ll give the newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson some runway and flexibility as the House barrels toward a November 17 spending deadline to fund the government. Republicans held a candidate forum Tuesday night with five members vying to be the next speaker-designee after Emmer withdrew. Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media site, early Wednesday to urge House Republicans to back Johnson for speaker, less than a day after he effectively derailed Majority Whip Tom Emmer's own bid for the gavel. GOP lawmakers who withheld their support for Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio during his three rounds of voting on the House floor are beginning to line up behind Johnson. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the chair of the House Republican conference, will deliver the speech nominating Johnson for speaker, according to a Republican aide.

He also agreed to open government spending bills to a freewheeling debate in which any lawmaker could force votes on proposed changes. In a secret-ballot vote on Tuesday night, Mr. Johnson got 128 votes, with 44 Republicans voting for nominees not on the ballot, including 43 for Mr. McCarthy, whom many view as unfairly ousted. Still, in a separate vote afterward, only a few Republicans indicated they would not back Mr. Johnson on the floor, while about 20 Republicans were absent. Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, a founder of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus and someone Mr. Johnson has described as a mentor, was the next member to be elected speaker designate in a secret ballot. He had Mr. Trump and the far right in his corner, but ultimately failed to win over more centrist members of his party who steadfastly refused to support him. While Republicans are celebrating finally electing a speaker, across the Capitol, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the majority leader, chimes in with a reminder of the impending mid-November government shutdown looming unless Congress can pass legislation to keep it funded.