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The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

McCarthy seeks to gut ethics watchdog

McCarthy tries to woo far-right critics by limiting nonpartisan watchdog while empowering the GOP-led House panel

Salon

Boebert curses at McCarthy meeting

McCarthy drew pushback from the GOP ahead of vote to decide the next House speaker

Salon

VIDEO FOR YOU: McCarthy faces headwinds to be House Speaker

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Marjorie Taylor Greene lashes out at ‘destructionists’ blocking Kevin McCarthy’s House speaker bid

GOP Rep Dan Crenshaw calls conservative dissidents ‘pretty f***ing stupid’

The Independent UK

New Congress to convene, but will McCarthy be House speaker?

The new Congress opens with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival

The Independent UK

How the House speaker vote will work

An overview of how Tuesday's vote works — and how the House will elect its next speaker.

Axios

When is the House speaker vote?

No leader has lost the first ballot to become speaker in a century

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U.S. Rep. Chip Roy emerges as key GOP agitator in U.S. House speaker fight

Three Texas Republicans, including Roy, voted three times against U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to be House speaker. They’re demanding rules changes that would give more power to rank-and-file members.

The Texas Tribune

McCarthy opponents unmoved as speaker election drags on - Roll Call

A bloc of Republican opponents Tuesday kept Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker on three ballots. The House adjourned until noon Wednesday.

Roll Call

‘Good riddance’: Republicans remove metal detectors from House chamber

As Republicans took control of the House on Tuesday, they wasted no time in erasing one symbol of the previous era — metal detectors.

Roll Call

Republicans Control the House but Can't Compromise on Someone To Lead It

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Reason

Opponents deny McCarthy speaker’s gavel on first vote - Roll Call

Opposition from fellow Republicans denied Kevin McCarthy the role of House speaker on the first roll call vote in the 118th Congress.

Roll Call

Inside Kevin McCarthy's cliffhanger speaker vote

Even McCarthy isn't sure of the outcome.

Axios

Meet the new MAGA generation

With the new Congress convening, these MAGA diehards and election deniers are key to the fragile GOP majority

Salon

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House leadership is in limbo as McCarthy loses 3 rounds of voting for speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the necessary votes to become House speaker in another round of voting — the third — after 20 House Republicans voted against him.

Salon

McCarthy faces "Republican failures"

On New Year's Day, McCarthy met with other Republicans to try to secure their vote for him as House Speaker

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: Nancy Pelosi’s lesson for her Republican successor

Rep. Kevin McCarthy is campaigning very hard to become the next speaker of the House, making all sorts of promises as he tries to round up the votes he needs. Yet it remains the case that anyone would struggle to do the job as currently constructed.

Bangkok Post

US Republicans to pick Speaker in high-wire political thriller

WASHINGTON: US Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was a simple up-or-down vote from realizing his dream of becoming one of the country's top statesmen on Tuesday -- in a cliffhanger worthy of TV drama "House of Cards" that could as easily end with his career in tatters.

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Al Jazeera

The US House may not have a speaker when it convenes. Here’s why

Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy may fall short of securing majority amid opposition from far-right party members.

The Independent UK

When is the House speaker vote?

No leader has lost the first ballot to become speaker in a century

Axios

House GOP zeroes in on Jan. 6 panel documents

The move could signal plans to counter the panel's findings.

Tribune News Service

Rep. Kevin McCarthy scrambles to line up Republican votes ahead of House speaker election

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Monday scrambled to line up enough Republican votes to win election as speaker of the House as a handful of right-wing holdouts continued to warn they will not support him.

The Independent UK

House speaker vote – live: Kevin McCarthy called a ‘squatter’ by Matt Gaetz as vote to resume Wednesday

Kevin McCarthy failed to get enough votes to become the next House speaker during three roll calls on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy news: McCarthy moves into official House speaker suite despite still scrambling for GOP votes

Kevin McCarthy faces uphill battle for House speaker bid

The Independent UK

Nine House Republicans pen scathing letter railing against Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid

Comes as McCarthy makes key concession to House conservatives

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