Kevin McCarthy

Jim Jordan should step aside from speaker race, Chris Christie says

Rep. Jim Jordan should get ready to move on, according to fellow Republican Chris Christie. Before Jordan lost his second…

House Speaker McCarthy defends leadership, says Gaetz has ‘personal’ issues

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday lashed out at Rep. Matt Gaetz, saying that the fellow Republican lawmaker who is…

Trump may not be the strongest GOP presidential candidate, Kevin McCarthy says

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday he does not know if former President Donald Trump is the “strongest” Republican…

Biden signs debt ceiling bill, avoiding a catastrophic economic default

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday evening gave his first address from the Oval Office to discuss a bill to…

How TikTok and its parent company spent over $13 million on struggling lobbying campaign

TikTok and its parent company combined to spend more than $13 million on lobbying federal government officials since 2019 —…

As McCarthy laments ‘no progress,’ here’s where U.S. debt ceiling talks stand

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that there has been “no progress” in debt ceiling negotiations between House Republicans and…

House conservatives issue new list of demands that could upend debt ceiling talks

WASHINGTON — A powerful bloc of U.S. House conservatives on Friday issued new demands that they said must be met…

Apple, Amazon, Google will likely get a reprieve from GOP-controlled House on antitrust legislation

Tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple are likely to get a reprieve in Congress this year from efforts to rein…