Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy clashed with NBC News hosts on Monday in a contentious interview where he pushed back against a perceived double standard applied to President Trump by ...

An averted government shutdown has lawmakers looking for a budget deal as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy fights to hold on to his post. The House speaker’s stunning turnaround staved off a shutdown and ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) offered his congratulations to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) after being reelected to the leadership role Friday but suggested that President-elect Trump ...

Kevin McCarthy credited President-elect Donald Trump with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) victory on Friday, calling the incoming president the great “unifier” for Republicans.

“We need to get that taken care of, get it behind us, and get on with our work on policy,” Republican Policy Committee Chair Kevin Hern ... eventually crippled McCarthy’s speakership.

Republicans are expected to change House rules and make it more difficult to oust a speaker of the House, just one year after a single GOP lawmaker initiated the first-ever removal of a member ...

But while House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday avoided the dayslong ordeal that his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy, endured to become speaker, his relatively swift victory was hardly a unifying moment.

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (L) greets U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as they arrive to the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the U.S ...

Eli Crane (R-Ariz.),who backed Kevin McCarthy’s ouster last year, when asked by POLITICO if a motion to vacate is on the table. “I really hope it never has to be used again. But we’ll see.” ...

Johnson was elevated to speaker after the party ousted his predecessor Kevin McCarthy in the middle of his term. Members of Congress milled around the chamber for more than half an hour after ...