The fight for the future of the Republican Party is coming to a head this week in the House, and that is causing all kinds of headaches for Kevin McCarthy. He is House minority leader, so the most ...

Kevin McCarthy of California has been trying and so far failing to lock down the votes he needs, which raises the specter of a, quote, "Republican majority hopelessly damaged from the start, along ...

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is hoping all’s well that ends well when it comes to becoming speaker of the chamber. The current minority leader and former majority leader may have ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday in an extraordinary showdown — a first in U.S. history, forced by a contingent of hard-right conservatives and thro… ...

This week was a big anniversary for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican minority leader, but one he’d rather forget. For the rest of us, however, the events six years ago are worth ...

McCarthy's first go-round. There's an element of déjà vu for McCarthy. Back in 2015, he was the favorite to succeed Republican John Boehner, who resigned the post in the wake of pressure from ...

Item 1 of 2 Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after he was ousted from the position of Speaker by a vote of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in ...

WASHINGTON — Republican Kevin McCarthy’s deal with hardline House conservatives that handed him the speaker’s gavel in January unraveled on Tuesday as those same right-wing rebels, joined by ...

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy is locked in a power struggle in the bid to become House Speaker – a position he has long strived for and previously failed to secure in 2015.

Q&A. Kevin McCarthy’s Downfall Is the Culmination of the Tea Party Political scientist Theda Skocpol on how tea party politics laid the foundation for the GOP’s current troubles.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Republican leader, hails from an era — four years ago — when gaffes could cost a lawmaker a job. In 2015 he lost his shot at the speaker’s gavel ...