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He raised the money. He logged the campaign miles. He walked the halls in a crisp suit with a salesman’s gleam. But this week Kevin McCarthy ran headlong into the most perilous challenge of his career when rebellious Republicans unleashed a crushing battle that nearly denied him the speakership of…

Damned by the findings of the January 6 committee and sidelined by his ‘loyal’ mob, the former president now faces political irrelevance. But the lasting damage he has done is evident in a Congress that struggled to elect a speaker

‘Never Kevin’ holdouts were given a series of concessions before McCarthy could become Speaker

Republican Kevin McCarthy is the new House speaker, but it took day and days, and 15 roll call votes, ending early Saturday

Questions about race and representation permeated the debate over who can best reflect the will of the American electorate on the Hill.

The GOP leader secured the gavel Saturday morning after suffering 14 losses in a historic speakership vote.

Chaos reigned during the final House speaker vote on Friday night, as Rep Mike Rogers had to be physically restrained after apparently lunging towards holdout Matt Gaetz

After a near brawl broke out on the House floor Friday night, McCarthy finally got his votes

Kevin McCarthy's GOP opponents shut down the House all week, preventing Congress from governing. What's next?

Fitting bookends framed the House Republicans’ first week of majority control/not control in a new Congress. Between them is a story of the party’s radicalism and dysfunction — past, present and, almost certainly, future.

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