As Kevin McCarthy got pushed out of his job as House speaker, in part by colleagues who helped put him on the dais nine months ago, one of his top lieutenants stepped in to preside - at least temporarily.

Tensions among congressional Republicans on Tuesday could be felt in all corners of the Capitol after a small group of conservative hardliners ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will "look" at remaining in Congress after a group of Republicans voted with House Democrats Tuesday to remove him as Speaker. ‘I’ll look at that,” McCarthy said when asked at a press conference if he will remain in Congress. McCarthy did rule out considering another position with leadership. "There's...

Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy agreed with those attacking Republicans who removed Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the Speakership on Tuesday, but said the resulting chaos is actually a good outcome. “The point of removing the House Speaker was to sow chaos. That's what the critics of Matt Gaetz and everybody else is saying,” Ramaswamy said...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) shot back at Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after the former Speaker said the Republicans who voted to oust him Tuesday “don’t get to say they’re conservative because they’re angry and chaotic.” Gaetz led a group of eight Republicans who voted with all House Democrats to pass a motion to vacate the...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took a swing at Republicans who helped oust him from the Speakership Tuesday, saying at a press conference that "they are not conservatives." "They voted against, one, the greatest cut in history that Congress has ever voted for. They voted against work requirements. They voted against border security," McCarthy said....

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thanked former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for his service to the nation after the embattled ex-leader announced he would not run again to serve as Speaker. McConnell often broke with McCarthy on key policy and political questions, but in the end praised what he called their “close working...

Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) ordered Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to vacate her Capitol hideaway office so he could take it over, just hours after becoming acting Speaker, Pelosi’s office said Tuesday. McHenry became acting Speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted from the role Tuesday, the first time a Speaker has...