 By KELLY P. KISSEL When does a constitutional conundrum become a constitutional crisis? The U.S. House had no Speaker this morning after two days of trying. Lawmakers (well, technically they're not that since they cannot currently make laws) are heading back to work and try for a seventh time to find a leader. If Kevin McCarthy doesn't win, could the post fall to Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise?
A prosecutor wants to know what employees of an ankle monitor company did when bells should have gone off. A woman died in a murder-suicide in St. Francisville, even though her estranged husband was being monitored amid orders to stay away from her.
Now that Sen. John Kennedy is out of the 2023 Louisiana governor's race, who's jumping in? A number of potential candidates said they were waiting to see what Kennedy would do before seeking the state's top office themselves. | 
