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Matt Gaetz votes for Trump for House speaker

Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz on Thursday voted former President Donald Trump for House speaker during the seventh round of voting by members that again failed to fill the post.

January 5, 2023

McCarthy loses another vote for speaker as backers grow impatient

A group of conservatives has once again blocked Republican leader Kevin McCarthy from winning the speaker's gavel, leaving Congress in limbo and prompting talk among rank-and-file GOP lawmakers that it may be time for him to step aside.

January 5, 2023

Jeffries indicates no plan of Dems saving GOP’s stalemate for speaker

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries made it clear the Republicans' trouble with splits on the House speaker is their problem, and theirs alone.

January 5, 2023

Revolt wears thin as Republicans wait to govern

Stalled by infighting over who should become speaker, the new House Republican majority Wednesday grew increasingly frustrated with a revolt by a faction of conservatives that has paralyzed Congress and tarnished the GOP's image.

January 4, 2023

Don’t blame Santos this time: House bureaucrats take the wrap for false swearing-in claim

The House's Office of the Chief Administrative Officer has said it bore responsibility for erroneously putting out an erroneous press release announcing the swearing-in of Rep.-elect George Santos.

January 4, 2023

McCarthy fails to secure votes for the sixth time, House remains in limbo

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday failed in a sixth roll-call vote to get to 218 votes needed to become speaker.

January 4, 2023

Pelosi calls GOP House speaker fight a ‘problem of their own making’

House Democrats have voted as a unified block on each ballot for their new party leader, Rep.-elect Hakeem Jeffries.

January 4, 2023

Kevin McCarthy on the ropes: GOP fighting over speaker’s gavel leaves House in limbo

For the fourth time in two days, Rep.-elect Kevin McCarthy fell short of the votes needed to win the speaker's gavel and even lost a vote.

January 4, 2023

Gaetz slams Trump’s ‘sad’ heightened support for McCarthy

Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz ripped former President Donald Trump's decision to back House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy as "sad," breaking with him over the contentious speaker's battle.

January 4, 2023

McCarthy will follow ‘same game plan’ for second-day ballots

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said he's sticking to his original strategy for becoming speaker, despite failing to secure the needed 218 votes three times Tuesday.

January 4, 2023

GOP’s Byron Donalds says he switched his House speaker vote to Jim Jordan to ‘break a deadlock’

Rep. Byron Donalds on Wednesday justified his decision to switch his House speaker vote from Kevin McCarthy by saying the GOP leader's chances have diminished.

January 4, 2023

Infighting over speaker’s gavel cripples House GOP’s first day in the majority

Instead of seizing the House majority with a historic number of new Republican lawmakers, the party's minuscule advantage after the midterm elections gave a group of conservatives leverage to thwart Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker.

January 3, 2023

McCarthy’s chances for speaker are diminishing, but which members stand in his way?

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy's chances for the speaker's gavel are slowly diminishing, as the rightwing faction of his party ebbs away its support.

January 3, 2023

House GOP’s agenda, ready to go, is sidelined until Republicans can agree on new speaker

House Republicans know where they want to lead the country, even if they don't yet know who their actual leader will be.

January 3, 2023

Thwarted again: Anti-McCarthy Republicans dig in, block him from speaker on second ballot

Second-ballot votes yielded little improvement for Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who lost 19 votes to Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican and conservative firebrand who founded the House Freedom Caucus.

January 3, 2023

House conservative faction blocks McCarthy’s bid for speaker

A group of conservative Republicans thwarted Rep. Kevin McCarthy's initial bid for speaker, leaving the House in a rare state of limbo on the opening day of the 118th Congress.

January 3, 2023

Lawmakers in divided Congress hope for rare unity on China

Lawmakers are seeking a bipartisan approach to combating the rapid rise of Beijing, as Republicans plan to make China a priority when they take control of the House this week.

January 2, 2023

Election gains give LGBTQ lawmakers a historic number of congressional seats

The 118th Congress will welcome about a dozen openly LGBTQ members when the session begins Jan. 3 -- the most in the history of the institution.

December 26, 2022

Beltway temporarily shut down overnight after two-car crash

The Beltway was shut down early Saturday morning after two cars collided and one caught fire, according to police.

December 24, 2022

Arlington County Sheriff to stop volunteering info on illegal immigrants to ICE agents

The Arlington County Sheriff's Office will no longer voluntarily provide information about illegal residents to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it said in an announcement this week.

December 24, 2022