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On the same week that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced amendments to stop aid to Ukraine, Speaker Kevin McCarthy put her on the powerful NDAA conference committee. Video of Greene: Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with Marjorie Taylor to give her and her Putin …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is demanding that the US Attorney who prosecuted Hunter Biden testify before the Senate Judiciary and said that his answers could be used as part of a Biden impeachment investigation.   McCarthy tweeted: We need to get to the facts, and that includes reconciling these clear disparities. …

In a gaggle with reporters, Speaker Kevin McCarthy admitted that the House resolution to expunge Trump’s impeachments is symbolic, and the House can’t undo the impeachments.. Video of CNN’s Manu Raju reporting on the gaggle: Raju said, “But in a key announcement in the …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy evaded a reporter’s question about attending the same White House state dinner with Attorney General Merrick Garland and Hunter Biden. The event was held in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comes amidst shocking revelations of the President’s son allegedly using his father’s name …

A dozen conservative lawmakers voted down a rule bringing a set of Republican-backed bills to the House floor for debate. This is a move that hasn’t been seen in the chamber in over two decades, and it is a clear revolt against Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership. Politico described the move …

A group of 11 House Republicans who are enraged at Kevin McCarthy over the debt limit deal embarrassed him by blocking a rules vote and preventing four bills from coming to the House …

Hard-right lawmakers who have for years resisted increasing the nation’s borrowing limit did not mince words about how they thought Speaker Kevin McCarthy fared during negotiations with President Biden over averting a federal default. “Nobody could have done a worse job,” said Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina, who said …

As far-right conservatives are making noise about filing a motion to vacate against Kevin McCarthy, Democrats aren’t offering to bail the speaker out. Here is what House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) told reporters in response to a potential motion to vacate against McCarthy. Jeffries says it is “premature” to …

A day after striking a deal in principle with President Biden to raise the debt limit, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team began an all-out sales pitch on Sunday to rally Republicans behind a compromise that was drawing intense resistance from the hard right. To get the legislation through …

In a moment that was the height of delusion, Kevin McCarthy tried to pretend like he and Biden are equals and he didn’t just get his clock cleaned on the debt limit deal. Video: Kevin McCarthy tries to pretend that he and Biden are equals and he didn’t just have …