What does the US Speaker of the House do?
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing the most serious threat to his leadership to date.
2023-10-03 09:20
Kevin McCarthy stares down another right-wing revolt
Facing renewed threats to his speakership, Kevin McCarthy is making a strategic bet: his critics don't have the votes to oust him -- and if they do, he'll grind it out on the floor again as he did back in January.
2023-09-15 03:47
Biden says Putin has 'absolutely' been weakened after revolt in Russia
President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has "absolutely" been weakened by the short-lived mutiny over the weekend.
2023-06-28 22:23
Tensions erupt in House GOP as party leaders squabble over hardliners' demands
A conservative revolt paralyzing the House has set off a bitter blame game among the upper ranks of GOP leadership, with top Republicans scrambling to defuse internal tensions that have spilled out into public view -- and take some of the heat off themselves.
2023-06-08 08:55
GOP hardliners revolt and derail McCarthy's agenda in retaliation over speaker's debt limit deal
A bloc of Republican hardliners took down the GOP leadership's efforts on two bills this week, a move they said was retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy's deal with President Joe Biden to suspend the national debt limit.
2023-06-07 03:27