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Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the GOP was on full display this week as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to make amends with the mercurial former president after a leaked audio revealed he considered urging Trump to resign after last year’s Capitol insurrection.

The next speaker could very well hail from California, but it won't be Nancy Pelosi's slice of the Golden State

Trump said that he felt it was a ‘big compliment’ that Republicans who criticised him for his role in the insurrection had ‘realised they were wrong’

‘It’s hard to imagine if you were calling for the imposition of martial law to overturn an election that you wouldn’t remember doing so’

In newly released audio, McCarthy said he'd urge Trump to resign over the Jan. 6 insurrection.

WASHINGTON — Newly revealed recordings of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy saying he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign from office in the initial aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection sparked much political heat but so far appears not to threaten the California Republican’s hold on power nor his…

Kevin McCarthy's post-insurrection journey reflects the larger anti-democratic shift among GOP voters

Gaetz tells McCarthy "you should have trusted my instincts, not your own"

‘Can’t they take their Twitter accounts away, too?’

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy sought to head off backlash within the party that could dash his hopes of becoming speaker next year after an audio tape exposed he told colleagues he’d urge the then-President Donald Trump to resign after last year’s Capitol insurrection.

Audio was released just hours after McCarthy dismissed reports on call as ‘false’ and part of ‘liberal agenda’