Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will leave Congress in a matter of weeks at the end of this year, the California Republican announced. Mr. McCarthy made the announcement in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, in which he said he was “leaving the House but not the fight.” The former speaker applauded his […]
NTD is exploring more about the first House speaker in history, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif), to be removed by a House vote. What brought about Rep. McCarthy’s fall? Who are the candidates to replace him, and which one of them is most likely to do so? NTD is joined live by Bart Marcois, former presidential […]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is out as House Speaker after a vote to vacate his seat—leaving the leadership of the House in question. NTD has more on the historic move, along with reactions from lawmakers. What’s next as the House searches for a new speaker? Who could replace Rep. McCarthy? NTD gets some insight from […]
A plan to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) worried that the move will only throw the Republican majority into chaos and allow Democrats to extract political “prizes” in the process. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has indicated he may pursue an effort to oust Mr. McCarthy from his speakership, […]
Various factions of House Republicans are looking at different options to address spending as lawmakers have just days left to pass a budget before a partial government shutdown begins. The Republican House majority has remained divided for weeks over how to go about funding the government, with several members of the staunchly conservative House Freedom […]
Despite hopes earlier in the week that they were moving toward a compromise, House Republicans remain as divided as ever on funding the government with just days left to avert a government shutdown. While the House of Representatives has passed the military construction and Veterans Affairs (VA) appropriations bill, Congress has failed to send any […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached a point of frustration on Sept. 21 after Republicans failed—for the second time—to pass a procedural vote to allow debate on the 2024 defense appropriations bill. The failed vote capped a string of setbacks for Mr. McCarthy in trying to avert a government shutdown, which will be triggered when […]
Five Americans are back on U.S. soil after being freed in a prisoner swap with Iran. NTD brought in the vice president of foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation for her analysis. President Joe Biden is set to push for more aid to Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19. And Ukrainian […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Republican House investigators handling an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden could subpoena his son, Hunter Biden, but are waiting for the right moment before taking that step. Fox News host Maria Bartiromo repeatedly pressed Mr. McCarthy about a potential Mr. Biden subpoena during an interview on Sunday. The […]
Five Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are heading back home today. U.S. officials say the five flew out of Tehran and have arrived in Doha, Qatar. Hunter Biden is suing the IRS, alleging a breach of his right to privacy as a taxpayer. He claims two IRS agents divulged details about his financial dealings […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) dared Republican colleagues to make good on their threat to come after his leadership position by filing a motion to vacate the chair during a closed-door meeting on Sept. 14. Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) confirmed to The Epoch Times that Mr. McCarthy directly confronted the threat made by some hardline […]
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives could move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden in the coming weeks, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) revealed on Tuesday night. In an interview with Fox Business, host Larry Kudlow asked the Republican speaker about the recent special counsel appointment to investigate the president’s son, Hunter Biden, […]
As Republicans in the House of Representatives are increasingly discussing launching impeachment proceedings against President Joe Biden and other members of his administration, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is signaling apprehension. Mr. McConnell recently said the two Democrat-led impeachments of President Donald Trump in 2020 and 2021, respectively, had incentivized Republicans to follow similar […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is backing an effort in the House of Representatives to expunge the two impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump. On Friday, Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) introduced two different resolutions to expunge Trump’s 2019 and 2021 impeachments. The resolutions state an expungement would act as […]
Chris Clark, an attorney who represented Hunter Biden in a recent criminal investigation, is insisting that prosecutors were thorough and that the case against the Democratic president’s son didn’t end with an overly lenient plea deal. On Tuesday, Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss notified the U.S. District Court that Biden intended to plead guilty to […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R- Ga.) explained to reporters why she voted for the debt limit bill struck by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and which passed the house on Wednesday night.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vented frustration over President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to reduce federal discretionary spending in 2024 in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling. “It didn’t seem like it’d be this hard,” McCarthy told reporters at midday on May 24. The Speaker then listed a litany of complaints against Biden and the Democrat […]
Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is shooting down suggestions of a rift within the body of House Republicans that could lead to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) losing control of the gavel over his debt ceiling negotiations. In an interview with the Washington Examiner on Monday, Gaetz said he has “no plans” to unseat McCarthy. While […]
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Joe Biden clearly defined their areas of disagreement over raising the debt ceiling and cutting federal spending, paving the way for negotiators from both sides to iron out a deal. Emerging from a 90-minute conversation at the White House on May 22, McCarthy described the meeting in positive […]
