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Good morning and welcome to The Independent ’s live coverage as the 119th Congress convenes in Washington DC and the House of Representatives elects its speaker, with Donald Trump’s Republican ally ...

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Patrick O'Brien puts forward the idea that political biographers either "present their subjects as extraordinary and omnipotent" or as "individuals whose characteristics and actions form the basis of ...