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Kevin McCarthy Wins Election as House Speaker After Days of Grueling Negotiations
By Siobhan Hughes, Lindsay Wise & Eliza Collins
In House Speaker Fight, Trump Struggles to Play Kingmaker (Published 2023)
By Maggie Haberman & Michael Charles Bender
GOP rebels cash in on McCarthy misery with fundraising appeals
By Lachlan Markay
No Tears for Kevin McCarthy
By David Frum
McCarthy Agrees To These Concessions In His Quest To Become Speaker—But They May Not Be Enough
By Sara Dorn
Gaetz votes for Trump for Speaker on 7th ballot
By Julia Shapero
The Shakespearean Tragedy of Kevin McCarthy, Prince of Washington
By Jesus A. Rodriguez
Congress 2023: What to Know as House and Senate Reconvene
By Mini Racker & Jasmine Aguilera
Kevin McCarthy's quest for House speaker had 2 Freedom Caucus founders on opposite sides
By Paul Kane
McCarthy wins speaker election, finally
By Herb Jackson
Kevin McCarthy’s speaker deal, explained
By Andrew Prokop
House members blocking McCarthy speaker bid meet at offices of ex-Trump chief Mark Meadows
By Jon Ward
What The 20 Republicans Who Voted Against Kevin McCarthy Have In Common
By Nathaniel Rakich
In 1923, the Speaker of the House election took 9 rounds and in 1856, Congress was shut for 2 months
By Terry Moseley
Freedom Caucus earns major concessions from Kevin McCarthy after speaker vote
By Jon Levine & Mary Kay Linge
Kevin McCarthy delivers first remarks after winning House Speaker: 'Our nation is worth fighting for'
By Lawrence Richard & Chad Pergram
McCarthy's dream job could become a nightmare
By David Morgan
Republican McCarthy wins House speaker on 15th ballot: recap
By Candy Woodall, Rachel Looker & Ella Lee
House speaker election: fight over Kevin McCarthy's leadership has exposed limits of Trump's power
By Thomas Gift
McCarthy elected House speaker in rowdy post-midnight vote
By Lisa Mascaro & Farnoush Amiri
The House has a speaker. Here’s what comes next
By Sonnet Swire, Clare Foran & Melanie Zanona
Kevin McCarthy, the view from home
By Kyung Lah
McCarthy elected House speaker after days of painstaking negotiations and failed votes
By Annie Grayer, Melanie Zanona & Manu Raju
Kevin McCarthy elected speaker of the House following chaos on the floor
By Scott Wong & Ali Vitali
How McCarthy got here: From Young Gun to Trump ally
By Marianne LeVine, Nicholas Wu & Kyle Cheney
What's in McCarthy's emerging deal with conservatives — and why it got him the votes
By Meredith Lee Hill, Olivia Beavers & Sarah Ferris
McCarthy on brink of speakership - POLITICO
By Olivia Beavers, Anthony Adragna & Nicholas Wu
McCarthy claims speakership on 15th ballot - POLITICO
By Meredith Lee Hill, Marianne LeVine & Anthony Adragna
What does the US Speaker of the House do?
By Kayla Epstein
Kevin McCarthy elected US House Speaker after 15 rounds of voting
By Bernd Debusmann Jr. & Matt Murphy
What has Kevin McCarthy given up, and at what price?
By Anthony Zurcher
Why Big-Money Donors Can't Reel In GOP Rebels
By Julie Bykowicz
Kevin McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House After 15th Vote: Live Updates
By Siobhan Hughes & Eliza Collins
January 5, 2023 GOP deadlocked over House speaker vote
By Maureen Chowdhury, Adrienne Vogt & Elise Hammond