The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Republicans are expected to pick up enough seats to gain control of the House, but it's clear they will not have the major gains they had hoped to receive.

WASHINGTON — One day after midterm elections that may have cost his party control of the House, President Joe Biden simultaneously touted Democratic wins and pledged to work with the GOP, vowing not to compromise on core elements of his agenda.

When the Republican party inevitably retakes the House and McCarthy scraps the January 6 committee, Trump will be bullying and trampling over DeSantis — maybe all the way to Oval Office

The king is dead. Long live Ron DeSantis

"Haven't seen this level of anxiety and loathing" in years, a D.C. reporter said

As a block, this year’s midterm races did not go as expected. But even as Democrats stemmed their losses in the House and as the Senate still hangs in the balance, a frequent theme of the House and Senate map remained: The battle was fought on some unexpected turf. No,…

As surely as right-wing politicians and personalities were preemptively deploying disinformation to cast doubt on any losses in Tuesday’s midterm election, they can be counted on to overstate the implications of any victories. So it’s worth warding off the inevitable fiction about the developing congressional results with some factual context.

WASHINGTON — At his election night party Tuesday, Kevin McCarthy was heralded as the next speaker of the House.

Biden said he would work with GOP leaders, though some issues were not subject to compromise, including abortion rights.

Trump hangs over the ballot box like a malignant ghost. He scares more than he draws and, for Biden and the Democrats, he’s a gift that keeps giving

Democrats topped Republicans in a series of competitive races, defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag his party to key defeats.