As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to keep his bid for speaker alive, after he failed to gain enough votes for the post over three days
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McCarthy foes relish the fight: ‘A really beautiful thing’
What others see as dysfunction and chaos, many of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s opponents see as democracy at work
McCarthy offers deal to end standoff in House speaker fight
The contours of a deal that could make Republican leader Kevin McCarthy the House speaker have begun to emerge
Idaho murders – update: Bryan Kohberger affidavit reveals new details as bloody mattresses removed from house
Bryan Kohberger is accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in Moscow, Idaho
House speaker vote – live: Kevin McCarthy still short of majority after Gaetz, Boebert and more remain defiant
Progress made in negotiations as 15 lawmakers flip their votes to Kevin McCarthy, but hold outs remain
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again after a month’s lull as alert level raised to ‘red’
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detects glow in webcam images indicating start of eruption
Israeli and Palestinian envoys spar at fiery UN session over Al-Aqsa visit
Israeli and Palestinian envoys to the United Nations on Thursday traded heated barbs at a Security Council meeting over the controversial visit by an Israeli minister to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound
US Congress, still without a “speaker”, remains paralyzed
For a long and frustrating third day, divided Republicans kept the speaker’s chair of the US House sitting empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough GOP votes to seize the …
Rudy Giuliani accused of being ‘sexist sexual predator and abuser’ in lawsuit from former employee
Former New York mayor denies all allegations and claims the accuser never worked for him
Exclusive: AOC says Republican chaos shows how reasonable progressives like the Squad are
‘I mean I think it just highlights how how extraordinarily bad faith those accusations of progressive unreasonableness are, even when they come from our side of the aisle’