The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

In the worst political showdown over the U.S. debt limit to date, a little-known former Treasury official in 2011 helped convince lawmakers that raising the ceiling was the only option. He’s back at it now, but from a much higher perch: chair of the Federal Reserve.

"It almost seems like the press is jealous," McCarthy said.

What does Kevin McCarthy think he’s playing at? The House speaker has given Fox News polemicist Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security footage during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. To anyone who believes in honest transparency and the safe functioning of our legislative branch,…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere on that list. McCarthy’s outrageous decision to give Carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of Capitol security camera data that is generally…

If Carlson promotes a conspiratorial tale, the truth might never catch up in many people’s minds.

Experts fear this moment of agreement in Washington could escalate tensions with Beijing and increase the risk of conflict

Kira Rudik's comments come as lawmakers wrestle with the issue of continued assistance to Ukraine.

They’d been on the rocks for a while, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the world most of us recognize as reality, where we sit in living rooms instead of green rooms and try to solve our problems instead of inflaming them.

A banking bill for cannabis businesses. “Junk fee” curbs. Insulin price cuts. The U.S. Congress is bitterly divided, but in these niche areas, there’s hope for compromise.