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Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Speaking at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House will vote in “the coming weeks” on legislation to raise the debt ceiling and cut federal spending as he continued to blame President Joe Biden for not negotiating and accused […]
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not say the House will consider an assault weapons ban when he was asked about the calls for reform, setting up a familiar showdown between President Joe Biden and Republicans in Congress following the tragic mass shooting in Nashville. The speaker emphasized his conference’s commitment to […]
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday again ripped into the Manhattan district attorney when asked about the potential charges against Donald Trump at a news conference at the House GOP retreat in Orlando while seemingly growing frustrated with reporters after multiple questions about the former president who […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday defended giving Fox host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to nearly 42,000 hours of previously unreleased surveillance video from the day of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He said other networks and the American public would get access to the video as […]
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he is set to meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the Republican House majority’s views on federal government spending and raising the country’s borrowing limit in order to avoid a debt default. “I know the president said he didn’t […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday night rejected the reappointments of Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell, both D-Calif., to the powerful House Intelligence Committee — fulfilling a promise McCarthy made even before he won the gavel. The committee has special rules that allow the speaker to […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insisted Monday that he “always” had some questions related to now-Rep. George Santos’ resume amid ongoing revelations about the lies and embellishments by the freshman lawmaker from New York. “I never knew all about his resume or not, but I always had […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moments after clinching the House speakership, Kevin McCarthy headed to the cameras to “especially thank” one person he said helped him get the gig: Donald Trump. “I do want to especially thank President Trump,” McCarthy told reporters. “I don’t think anybody should doubt his influence. He was with me from […]
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy and leading Republicans are expected to soon make good on a vow to keep three Democrats from seats on influential committees in the new House. McCarthy’s focus is Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as Reps. Adam Schiff […]
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy was dealt one defeat after another on Tuesday but insists he will not back down from his bid to for speaker of the House as the fight spills into a second day. “Is it the day I wanted to have? No,” he told […]
