Kevin McCarthy

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures after speaking Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. A judge has rejected an attempt by Trump to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to keep him off the ballot in Colorado, ruling that his objections on free-speech grounds did not apply. The decision paves the way for a trial later this month over whether a constitutional "insurrection" clause can bar him from running again for the White House.

GOP 2024 field congratulates newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson

Mabinty Quarshie · October 25, 2023 7:16 pm

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks to reporters after Republicans met to try and decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

Gaetz backs Johnson as House scrambles to clean up chaos following McCarthy firing

Rachel Schilke · October 25, 2023 5:27 pm

Despite rising concerns with the law, Democrats led by House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi are fighting changes to Obamacare. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans must use political capital on spending cuts, not speaker spats

Tiana Lowe Doescher · October 24, 2023 9:39 pm

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) tells reporters he is out of the race for House speaker as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the next speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

And then there were eight: Dan Meuser is the first to drop out of speaker’s race

Reese Gorman and W. James Antle III · October 23, 2023 11:51 pm

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) arrives to meet with the House Republican Conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.

How House Republicans will pick their next speaker nominee in crowded field

Julia Johnson · October 23, 2023 1:24 pm

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., walks to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans announce nine new speaker candidates

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2023 11:57 am

Speaker vote â 01/03/2023

McCarthy says Gaetz ethics complaint ‘must’ be serious to put US in jeopardy

Rachel Schilke · October 22, 2023 4:24 pm

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy laughs following a second round of voting where Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) failed to secure enough votes to become House speaker, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill.

McCarthy calls speakership battle ’embarrassing’ as House remains without leader

Rachel Schilke · October 22, 2023 3:00 pm

Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas., talks with reporters as Republicans hold a caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023.

Speaker sweepstakes: Roger Williams takes himself out of running

Chris Irvine · October 22, 2023 2:50 am

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., left, confers with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, during oversight hearing of Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Tom McClintock mocks the ‘Gaetz eight’ for dramatic censure letter: ‘We don’t deserve you’

Gabrielle M. Etzel · October 21, 2023 8:40 pm

Third House speaker hopeful goes out on third vote: Washington Photos of the Week

Graeme Jennings · October 21, 2023 8:16 am

Republicans who ousted McCarthy say they’d accept punishment if Jordan holdouts flip

Cami Mondeaux · October 20, 2023 5:24 pm