WASHINGTON — For Kevin McCarthy, nothing comes easy. In January, he battled his GOP detractors for 15 rounds of voting during a grueling, televised four-day ordeal before he won the House speaker’s ...

The speaker says he'll get the GOP majority to back his deal, as default looms. Kevin McCarthy emerged in January from his historically chaotic speakership election confident, he insisted, that the ...

Without a speaker, lawmakers cannot formally certify Donald Trump's win, raising personal stakes for the president-elect to ...

Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. After a brutal 15-ballot floor battle that included untold ...

As House Republicans work to unveil a debt ceiling proposal tied to long-coveted spending cuts from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is privately urging his fellow Republicans to unite ...

WASHINGTON, April 25 (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers who control the U.S. House of Representatives will be tested in coming days to muster the 218 votes needed to adopt a plan to slash spending while ...

The debt ceiling deal brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cleared a major procedural hurdle on Tuesday night, just days before a potential default by the U.S. government.

After weeks of unnecessary brinksmanship by Republican leadership in Congress, the White House negotiators and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling on Saturday.