ANNIE KARNI

About two months after being ousted as speaker, Representative Kevin McCarthy said he would exit the House a year early.

The California Republican is still angry at his ouster and has struggled to acclimate. His colleagues expect him to retire, but he has taken his...

Before the debate about his possible expulsion from Congress, George Santos seemed to embrace his starring role in a scandal of his own making.

The new House speaker is facing complaints from his members that his leadership is no different from his predecessor’s. His style, however, is in stark...

It was the speaker’s first trip to kiss the ring of the former president, and it came as he faced anger from right-wing lawmakers for...

Mike Johnson’s comments on a prayer call in October, during which he talked about church attendance and L.G.B.T.Q. youth, offered an up-to-date distillation of his...

The wife of Mike Johnson, the new speaker, has rallied opposition to abortion rights and used her pastoral counseling business to condemn homosexuality.

A lawyer and former chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, he played a pivotal role in congressional efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

Nearly 200 G.O.P. lawmakers have supported Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio lawmaker, in the speaker fight. Some Republicans say that may doom the party...

The group included vulnerable Republicans from districts that President Biden won in 2020 and congressional institutionalists worried that Representative Jim Jordan would demand extreme spending...