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Republican Kevin McCarthy offered a package of concessions that moved some of the GOP holdouts to his corner.

Comment on this storyCommentFor the third day in a row, Republicans were unable to break an ongoing, and now historic, logjam to elect a speaker, even as warnings mounted over the growing...

Comment on this storyCommentThis article was updated after the 11th speaker vote Thursday.As I write, the House of Representatives has just concluded its 11th attempt to elect a speaker. Over three days,...

Loud booing. Animated conversations in the aisles of the House chamber. Sleeping children. Lawmakers scrolling on their phones.The typical live stream from the U.S. House is focused on the dais and the...

Comment on this storyCommentRepublican leader Kevin McCarthy has made fresh concessions to a group of 20 lawmakers in hopes of ending their blockade of his speakership ahead of votes Thursday, a stunning...

Comment on this storyCommentHouse Republicans’ standoff over who should be speaker dragged on Wednesday as growing animosity and outright disdain left the country without a lower legislative chamber for the second day...

Comment on this storyCommentGeorge Santos shared a falsehood on his first day on Capitol Hill: that he had been sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives. While the statement...

Today, the House it taking a fifth vote for speaker after Republican foes of House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy kept him from getting close to a majority of votes in the latest...

Comment on this storyCommentRepublican leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) faced open revolt in the House chamber Tuesday, failing in three rounds of balloting to earn enough votes to capture the speakership in a...

The Pentagon’s top general told congressional investigators scrutinizing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that he has become a “lightning rod for the politicization of the military,” decrying critics...