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 ...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks with CNN’s Victor Blackwell about the GOP’s lack of diversity and the string of Black republican congressman leaving office ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is facing calls to resign over his alleged affair with an aide who died after setting ...

Twenty-one Republicans have come out against Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to be Speaker, threatening to tank his campaign for the top spot in the chamber. GOP opposition to McCarthy has only ...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) asserts Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) flew to Mar-a-Lago three weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, riots on the Capitol because former President Trump was “not eating.” In ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day before he was ousted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was doing what he loved — stopping to greet tourists at the Capitol, gushing about the beauty of the place and its history ...

Winning California’s state lottery with the first ticket he bought put Kevin McCarthy, then 20, on a path to becoming, in January, the third-ranking Republican leader of a House majority pledged to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kevin McCarthy has been married to his wife Judy for over 30 years Paul Morigi/Getty Kevin McCarthy and Judy McCarthy at the 2019 ...

McCarthy told House Republicans he will not run for speaker again, clearing the way for a new leader. Earlier this afternoon, McCarthy's allies forced a vote to try to kill Rep. Matt Gaetz's effort, ...

Washington (CBS) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position in a historic vote on Tuesday after a far-right revolt over his reliance on Democrats to pass funding to avert a ...