House Speaker Paul D. Ryan has announced that he will retire from Congress when his term expires in January. What makes his departure unusual is that he will have completed a full term as speaker in the current Congress. In fact, Ryan would be the first to do so in more than three decades. Accused of ethical improprieties amid eroding support within the Democratic caucus, he resigned in the middle of his second term as speaker. That’s when the speakership became a far less secure post.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2018 18:41 UTC