The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

‘Scalise won,’ Republicans said as they emerged from a closed door meeting to select nominee for next House speaker

Whoever is ultimately selected, the new speaker will have the same sword hanging over his head that McCarthy had

Republicans scramble to find a replacement for the ousted Kevin McCarthy as world events demand the attention of the US Congress

Former athletes say Jordan, as assistant coach, ignored sexual abuse at university and ‘does not deserve to be House speaker’

While appearing to rule himself out, Mr McCarthy said he would not give his endorsement to Steve Scalise or Jim Jordan

In apparent nod to Nathaniel Hawthorne novel, Nancy Mace says ‘I’m wearing the scarlet letter …after being demonized for my vote’

Jim Jordan has long denied he knew anything about the alleged abuse by Richard Strauss against OSU students

House Republicans selected Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., as the party’s nominee for speaker behind closed doors Wednesday morning.

In the wake of the Hamas surprise attacks on Israel, and that country’s resulting heavy military response, calls for Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to pick a new speaker quickly have grown, including from GOP members themselves. The absence of a speaker may slow or limit any aid…

Republicans voted down a rule change on Wednesday morning that would have raised the threshold for sending a speaker candidate to the full House, paving the way for a floor vote potentially later in the day.

View of the US Capitol as the House of Representatives prepared to vote behind closed doors to nominate a candidate to succeed ousted Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.