McCarthy ran second, gaining no ground. The longest fight for the gavel started in late 1855 and dragged on for two months, with 133 ballots, during debates over slavery in the run-up to the Civil ...

There, McCarthy himself acknowledged the likelihood ... might supplant him for the gavel. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy appeared on Fox Business Monday and said that U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has limited judicial reach in stopping President Donald Trump from ...

He then hit the gavel. Rep. McHenry gaveled the House into recess to allow the party caucuses to meet. McHenry, a tight McCarthy ally, slammed the gavel down pretty hard. This has never happened ...

While Trump's endorsements have been mercurial and fleeting in the past he has, as of yet, not shifted his position on wanting McCarthy to have the gavel in the coming legislative term.

That scenario was last seen at the start of the 118th Congress in January 2023, when it took former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) 15 ballots over four days to clinch the gavel. Here’s how ...

Kevin McCarthy is an American politician who presently serves California's 20th congressional district and previously served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is departing as Speaker of the House and setting up a power struggle that is filled with intrigue. Three representatives are vying for his gavel: Rep. Steve Scalise of ...

His predecessor, McCarthy, cut a flurry of deals before and during the 15 rounds it took him to win the gavel, including making it easier to oust a speaker and giving his hardliners plum positions ...