Drew Angerer/Getty Images McCarthy Could Lose House Speakership As Debt-Ceiling Deal on Brink of Crashing and Burning House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn't get the top job without a fight -- and without making one concession that now could push him out. By Joe Saunders, Western Journal May 30, 2023
@Olivia_Beavers / Twitter MTG Just Spent $100K on Chapstick, Here's What She Got in Return Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is the new owner of what is likely the most expensive piece of chapstick in history. By Richard Moorhead, Western Journal May 24, 2023
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Graeme Jennings/Reuters AOC and Matt Gaetz Team Up to Introduce Bipartisan Bill That Nancy Pelosi Will Hate Two high-profile lawmakers for opposite ends of the partisan divide are joining forces for a new ethics law for members of Congress. By Richard Moorhead, Western Journal May 3, 2023
Rich Polk/Getty Images for Politicon Ex-Fox Employee Reveals During Lawsuit Tucker Carlson Staff Allegedly Pulled Prank Involving Nancy Pelosi A former Fox News producer is filing a discrimination lawsuit against the network and evening host Tucker Carlson. By Richard Moorhead, Western Journal March 22, 2023
Win McNamee/Getty Images McCarthy Defends Releasing Jan. 6 Tapes to Carlson, Fires Right Back at CNN Reporter After He Whines In the mind of CNN reporter Manu Raju, offering Americans a broader perspective of the 2021 Capitol incursion is a bad idea. By Johnathan Jones, Western Journal March 8, 2023
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Priests Were Called to the Pelosi Home: Report The now-former House speaker arranged for the visit after an attack that left her husband injured, her daughter told the New York Times. By Richard Moorhead, Western Journal January 23, 2023
Alex Wong/Getty Images Hot Mic Catches CNN Employee's Tantrum During Kevin McCarthy Remarks - But There's 1 Question McCarthy won the speakership on the 15th ballot. I wonder what Finney, or whoever we heard on the hot mic that afternoon, thought about that. By Elizabeth Stauffer, Western Journal January 10, 2023
Drew Angerer/Getty Images Freedom Caucus Rep. Defeats Crenshaw for Homeland Security Chair - Has Big Plan Biden Will Hate One of the best things coming out of the House of Representatives in years is that conservatives are winning a number of committee chairs. By Warner Todd Huston, Western Journal January 10, 2023
Nathan Howard/Getty Images GOP Mocked for Taking 15 Rounds to Vote in Speaker, But Rep. Biggs Reminds Nation What a Republic Truly Is Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona was one of the chief architicts of the opposition to Kevin McCarthy. It doesn't sound like he has any regrets. By Joe Saunders, Western Journal January 9, 2023
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images McCarthy Gives a Massive Shoutout After Winning Speaker's Gavel, And the Left Won't Like Who He Thanked One Bit Anyone on the left or the right who seriously questions Donald Trump's influence over the Republican Party needs to listen to this. By Joe Saunders, Western Journal January 9, 2023
@cabot_phillips / Twitter Screen Shot GOP Calls Those Against McCarthy 'Terrorists,' Yet Look What Happened to Gaetz After Speaker Vote Fails The establishment threw everything they could at dissident Republicans in the House -- so much so that it almost got physical. By C. Douglas Golden, Western Journal January 7, 2023
Jason Koerner/Getty Images Tucker Carlson: Speaker Vote Isn't 'Disaster' for Republicans, and Here's Why 'If you want to be the guy who's second in line from the presidency in America, you've got to work for it,' Carlson said. By C. Douglas Golden, Western Journal January 6, 2023
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Breaking Exclusive: President Trump Tells Gen. Flynn He Would Serve as House Speaker There has been a stunning development in the House speaker drama: Donald Trump said he would accept the role if elected. By Bryan Chai, Western Journal January 6, 2023
Win McNamee/Getty Images Republican Catches Media Lying About Him, Uses His Real Quote as Proof - He Isn't Going Anywhere The establishment media is at it again, misquoting a Republican for the sake of deepening the rifts in our divided nation. By Warner Todd Huston, Western Journal January 6, 2023
Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images As Negotiations Heat Up, Top GOP Holdout Teases Resignation if Bid to Stop McCarthy Fails The fight to determine the next Speaker of the House continues to drag on as conservative rebels reject McCarthy's terms and stand resolute. By John McCann, Western Journal January 6, 2023
HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk Makes His Stance Known on Who Should Be Speaker - Both Sides Won't Be Happy "Subtle, but I am beginning to suspect opinions differ on this matter," the Twitter owner joked after announcing his choice. By Elizabeth Stauffer, Western Journal January 6, 2023
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images McCarthy Opponent Byron Donalds Gives 'Phenomenal' Answer to Reporter's 'Threats' Question: 'I'm 6-2, 275' GOP Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida was asked whether he was worried about retaliation for opposing Kevin McCarthy's bid to be House speaker. By Jack Davis, Western Journal January 5, 2023
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images 'The First Time in History': Chip Roy Shocks Congressional Floor with Historic Move In a historic move, Rep. Chip Roy of Texas nominated a surprise candidate to stand for the speaker of the House against Kevin McCarthy. By John McCann, Western Journal January 5, 2023
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images First Time in 100 Years Speaker Vote Goes More Than 1 Ballot - List of Republicans Who Voted Against McCarthy Kevin McCarthy became the first nominee in 100 years to fail to garner enough votes to become House speaker on the first attempt. By Lorri Wickenhauser, Western Journal January 4, 2023
Win McNamee/Getty Images House Conservatives Put McCarthy's Leadership Spot in Jeopardy Just Before Vote, Urge 'Radical Departure from the Status Quo' New barriers have emerged to Kevin McCarthy's election as speaker of the House as the fractured GOP takes control. By Jack Davis, Western Journal January 2, 2023