Kinzinger blames McCarthy for resurrecting Trump after Jan. 6
TORONTO — In a new documentary about his final term in Congress, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, the Illinois Republican who voted for then-President Trump’s impeachment after…
With McCarthy’s retirement, California House Republicans are bracing themselves
WASHINGTON — With Kevin McCarthy heading for the exits, his Republican colleagues are bracing for a falloff in campaign support and loss of granular institutional knowledge…
Mike Johnson stares down the first real test of his speakership
A clean CR. Well, technically, one clean CR with two timelines — a parliamentary gimmick that Johnson is hoping is enough to get him past…
Analysis: House Republican civil war shows Trump’s power and its limits
WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy needed 15 tries to become speaker of the House. The first man who hoped to succeed him pulled out of the contest…
‘At a crossroads’: Speakership scramble intensifies as new candidates stake their claims
“It is incumbent upon us now to decide upon a consensus candidate who can serve as a trusted caretaker and a good steward of the…
Jim Jordan fails to capture House speakership in second floor vote
1 of 4 | Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, Republican nominee for Speaker of the House, speaks to members in the House Chamber after a vote…
McCarthy’s fall from speakership was sudden but no surprise
“How did you go bankrupt?” a character asks in one of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novels. “Gradually,” was the famous response. “Then suddenly.” And so it…
Kevin McCarthy could lose the speakership this afternoon
WASHINGTON — Kevin McCarthy’s leadership of House Republicans is on the verge of collapse as he faces a Tuesday vote to remove him as speaker. The…
Democrats expected to decide fate of McCarthy’s speakership
That will push the House into new territory this week — a rare instance in which the minority dictates a course of action in the…
Pelosi mocks McCarthy’s ‘ever incredibly shrinking speakership’
The comments from Pelosi, a California Democrat who twice served as House speaker, highlight the political confines that McCarthy finds himself within. The House now…
Pelosi on the Grateful Dead, Dylan, the Stones and post speakership
SAN FRANCISCO — Bob Weir was cold. It was a partly cloudy July night and temperatures were falling as Dead & Co. played before tens of…