Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

The House narrowly voted to oust Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, dooming the House speaker to a fate that seemed almost guaranteed since he took the gavel in January, with a group of rebels in his ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke at a Harvard Kennedy School forum about the current state of American politics and the direction of the Republican Party. In his ...

Politico first reported that Kevin McCarthy planned to leave Congress before his term ends, but in a statement from McCarthy's office he denies it. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's office is denying ...

At the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics this week, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said: “Right now, Trump has more power than Reagan. We haven’t seen a President like this on ...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) announcement that he is leaving Congress didn’t come as a shock — but his departure will have ripple effects for the House and the Republican conference.

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy shared an interesting opinion in a recent interview on Fox News—that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is the future of the Democratic Party. McCarthy, ...

Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker after 14 failed attempts to win the chamber’s top job and days of grueling negotiations that turned detractors in his favor. The election marked a ...

When Kevin McCarthy’s name circulated for months as a “dark horse candidate” to be Donald Trump’s chief of staff, the former House speaker didn’t embrace the possibility — but he didn’t deny his ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held a Capitol Hill press conference late yesterday, announcing his decision to kick two Democrats off the House Intelligence Committee. When reporters were given a chance ...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pointed to outmigration from California as evidence of what he described as Gov. Gavin Newsom’s failed leadership of the Golden State in an interview with Fox News ...