Breaking: Paul Ryan will be the next Speaker of the House.

Simple as that. The House Freedom Caucus will support Paul Ryan, and so he will be the next Speaker. The rest is just a formality.

BREAKING: House Freedom Caucus says it will support [mc_name name=’Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)’ chamber=’house’ mcid=’R000570′ ] for Speaker.

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 21, 2015