Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy helps launch public affairs firm Watchtower Strategy, according to a press release.

Among them was a measure to raise the threshold for calling a "motion to vacate the chair" – which sets off a House-wide vote to depose the sitting speaker. Ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

was reelected speaker of the House on Friday. The vote was 218-215. THE BACKGROUND: House Republicans in January 2023 took 15 ballots to elect Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as speaker. McCarthy ...

Republicans won control of the House in 2022 but accomplised little in a term marked by infighting and the removal of GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy. “That’s why we needed to shore up the process ...

Former House Speaker and Alfa Institute chairman Kevin McCarthy joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the return of President Trump ...

The previous race for the top House post was plagued by infighting among the GOP, who have been unable to easily find consensus on a speaker candidate in recent years. Former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, ...

The House of Representatives will soon vote for a speaker of the House to lead the chamber for the next two years under the incoming Republican administration. The previous race for the top House ...

President-elect Donald Trump doubled down on his endorsement of Speaker of ... of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). McCarthy became the first speaker of the House in history to be removed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 119th Congress is convening for the first time and House Speaker Mike ... when Johnson was elected speaker after Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy from the post.

It was a change from 2023 when it took 15 rounds of voting before the House finally elected former California Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker at the start of the 118th Congress. McCarthy was ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson ... echoed the dynamic two years ago when Kevin McCarthy faced opposition from a group of conservatives to be elected speaker. After failing to get the votes, he ...