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The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Trump’s blessing bolsters Mccarthy with GOP after leaked audio

WASHINGTON — Most House Republicans rallied around Kevin McCarthy during their first meeting since recordings surfaced of the GOP leader considering telling former President Donald Trump to resign after the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, but the support wasn’t unanimous even after Trump’s blessing.

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A quick recap of the audio leaks hitting Kevin McCarthy

McCarthy found himself put on blast after audio recordings showed he planned to urge Trump to resign.

Axios

Tucker Carlson calls Kevin McCarthy ‘a puppet of the Democratic party’

’We will have a Republican Congress led by a puppet of the Democratic Party’ says Tucker Carlson

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New recordings show McCarthy feared GOP colleagues like Gaetz and Boebert would incite violence after Jan 6

Comes after audio revealed he said he told House GOP leadership he wanted to tell Trump to resign.

The Independent UK

McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy told colleagues he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol

The Independent UK

Republicans applaud Kevin McCarthy after he defends Trump’s resignation comments, report says

Leader of House Republicans faces political challenge as he attempts to weather fallout from leaked audio

The Independent UK

Keep the GOP leaks coming — Trump's hurt

There can be no more doubt in anyone's mind who is paying attention that a coup was plotted and nearly successful

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Republicans in Congress give McCarthy standing ovation for defense of leaked audio – as it happened

Kevin McCarthy defends recorded conversations with party leaders about Capitol attack that have threatened his chances of becoming House speaker

The Guardian - US

Carlson calls McCarthy Dem "puppet"

Leaked audio shows McCarthy calling for GOPers to be kicked off Twitter for putting other members "in jeopardy"

Salon

McCarthy accused Republicans of ‘putting people in jeopardy’ after Capitol attack

Leaked recording shows senior House Republican said Florida congressman Matt Gaetz and others put Americans at risk

The Guardian - US

Kevin McCarthy shores up support after leaked audio

Most members of the Republican conference still back him.

Axios

Editorial: Truth doesn’t matter to the GOP

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s obsequious relationship with Donald Trump was in its nascent stages as Trump prepared to assume the presidency in 2017. At a luncheon that January, Trump called McCarthy, the House Republican leader from Bakersfield, California, “My Kevin.” On inauguration day, McCarthy gave Trump a little pep talk during…

Los Angeles Times

House 1/6 panel wants to hear from McCarthy after new audio

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol is redoubling its efforts to have GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appear for an interview

The Independent UK

New audio: McCarthy worried GOP members put “people in jeopardy” post-Jan. 6

"Tension is too high, the country is too crazy," McCarthy said.

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Salon

Did NYT reporters withhold scoops?

Times reporters accused of sitting on "explosive" reporting for months to "profit handsomely" from book sales

The Guardian - US

Trevor Noah on Musk and Twitter: ‘I guess they found that edit button after all’

Late-night hosts discuss the Tesla CEO’s purchase of Twitter for $44bn and a new trove of text messages from Trump insiders following the Capitol attack

Axios

House Republicans plot to impeach Mayorkas

The Republican Study Committee is laying groundwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Independent UK

McCarthy downplays remarks about Trump in secret recording

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is downplaying secretly recorded remarks he made about Donald Trump shortly after last year’s attack on the Capitol

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Salon

Jan. 6 report will have a "gaping hole"

Democrats are scared to subpoena GOP lawmakers because they're worried Republicans will win back the House

Salon

Warren: McCarthy "a liar and a traitor"

"Kevin is in very good shape," top Republican says, insisting McCarthy still has "very strong support" inside GOP

The Guardian - US

Trump to be fined $10,000 a day after New York judge finds him in contempt – as it happened

Former president fails to comply with state attorney general’s subpoena – follow all the day’s politics news

Chicago Sun-Times

New book: Sen. Duckworth’s pushback after Biden rejects her for VP, worried about Thailand birth

“I’ve beaten every a—h—- who’s come after me with that,” Duckworth told Biden, recounted in “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future.”

The Independent UK

Elizabeth Warren calls Kevin McCarthy a ‘liar and a traitor’ after Trump call leaks

Warren erupts on GOP leader after leaked audio revealed he believed Trump should have resigned

The Independent UK

Warren slams McCarthy as 'liar' and traitor' over Jan 6 tape

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is slamming Rep. Kevin McCarthy as a “liar and a traitor” over recordings that show the House Republican leader, despite his denials, placing responsibility on Donald Trump for the Capitol riot and suggesting Trump should resign

The Guardian - US

‘Get up off our rear ends’ or lose badly in midterms, Elizabeth Warren warns Democrats

Warren gives party stark warning in forthright CNN interview, and condemns House minority leader Kevin McCarthy as ‘liar and a traitor’

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