The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Republican faces condemnation from House minority leader over podcast remarks but will not face immediate discipline

Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., Wednesday walked back blockbuster drugs-and-sex claims about fellow lawmakers in a brutal tongue-lashing from GOP leaders.

North Carolina Senator says representative from his state has ‘been an embarrassment at times’

Jan 6 Committee is ‘moving aggressively on many fronts, conducting depositions, sometimes multiple depositions, almost every day’

WASHINGTON — Bowing to pressure from Republican leaders following his criminal conviction for lying to authorities about illegal campaign contributions, Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said Saturday he will resign next week.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., resigned following his conviction on charges of lying to investigators about an illegal campaign contribution.

PITTSBURGH — In a virtual seminar with college students at Chatham University, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who bucked her party to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and combat former President Donald Trump’s claims of a stolen election, said she’s confident the findings of the House select…

WASHINGTON — Justice Clarence Thomas is facing calls to recuse himself from U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the 2020 presidential election after revelations that his wife repeatedly pushed former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff to do more to overturn his loss to Joe Biden.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should resign from Congress after the Nebraska Republican was convicted on three felony counts.