McCarthy caves to hard-right Republicans, but will it be enough?
WASHINGTON — Staring down a fast-approaching government shutdown that threatens to disrupt life for millions of Americans, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that…
McCarthy reverses on Ukraine aid as GOP scrambles on funding bills
“It became too difficult to do that, so we’re leaving it in,” McCarthy told reporters about the Ukraine funds. Republicans are preparing to vote Tuesday…
McCarthy cuts deal on spending cuts but loses as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to prevent a looming federal shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank quickly collapsed Thursday, a crushing defeat that…
McCarthy: There’s still time to prevent government shutdown
WASHINGTON — With no clear strategy, no sure support and not much time left to prevent a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy nevertheless vowed on Wednesday…
Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
WASHINGTON — Facing fresh challenges to his leadership, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible — working furiously to convince House…
‘I’ve kept every one of my promises’: DeSantis claps back at McCarthy
“Donald Trump supported Kevin McCarthy very strongly for speaker. I don’t think he would have won the speaker vote,” DeSantis said, calling Trump’s support “instrumental”…
McCarthy is running out of options to stop a government shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) is running out of options as he races Monday to come up with a plan to keep the federal…
McCarthy warns House Republicans against spending stonewall
The only way to cut spending, as members of his party hope to do, is to pass the bills that would allow the government to…
McCarthy won’t commit to timing on subpoena for Hunter Biden
President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden arrives for a court appearance, Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in Wilmington, Del. | Julio Cortez/AP Photo House Republicans leading…
Strong support for Biden impeachment in Kevin McCarthy district
VISALIA — Julian Perea doesn’t hate Joe Biden. If anything, he feels bad for him, given his age and what Perea regards as the president’s severe…
McCarthy finds even a Biden impeachment inquiry isn’t enough for GOP
WASHINGTON — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told his colleagues threatening to oust…
Behind the scenes, Ron DeSantis is making things worse for Kevin McCarthy
The call is the latest signal that DeSantis is working to insert himself into the spending fight on the Hill in a bid to elevate…
US Republican hardliners heap pressure on McCarthy despite impeachment push | Joe Biden News
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces continued pressure from far-right members of his own Republican Party, despite announcing the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden…
McCarthy directs House panel to open Biden impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he is directing a House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden over his family’s business…
GOP senators: Next move to avert shutdown is on McCarthy
Congressional leaders agree they’ll need a stopgap bill to accomplish that, but House conservatives are already agitating to make passage of such a funding patch…
A Republican Leader From the 2013 Shutdown Has a Warning for Kevin McCarthy
Ward: What do you think the Freedom Caucus’s major pressure points are? What issues could McCarthy lean on to get them to move on some…
Kevin McCarthy and Biden’s potential impeachment inquiry
WASHINGTON — For much of the nation’s history, impeachment power was seldom used by Congress. Just three of the first 42 presidents were subjected to an…
The 2024 crisis McCarthy is fielding – that you don’t know about yet
Weeks later, Republicans are making progress in their bid to grow their narrow and unruly majority. While a few holes still remain — most notably…
Kevin McCarthy has a bill to save the sequoias, but some environmental groups aren’t into it
WASHINGTON — In November 2021, during a plane ride from Qatar to Washington, D.C., Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) approached Rep. Scott Peters (D-San Diego) to talk…
Bipartisan lawmakers call for McCarthy to form UFO investigative panel
They want a select committee, which would have subpoena power to demand answers from the Pentagon and other agencies. Source link