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February 11, 2021

McCarthy defends attending 'micro-wedding' of his son during COVID-19 pandemic

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is defending himself after being slammed for attending a small wedding ceremony for his son on the same day that he criticized the state's Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for congregating at a restaurant with other maskless patrons. 

February 8, 2021

Matt Gaetz targets McCarthy for defending Cheney

Rep. Matt Gaetz, a supporter and ally of former President Trump, is jabbing at House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy for his full-throated endorsement last week of Rep. Liz Cheney to keep her House GOP leadership position after voting to impeach Trump.

February 3, 2021

Cheney easily survives push to strip her of her House GOP leadership position

In a secret ballot vote by the entire House Republican Conference, only 61 members voted to strip Liz Cheney of her leadership role, with 145 supporting her.

February 3, 2021

Rep. Omar fundraising off GOP effort to strip her from committee assignments

Rep. Ilhan Omar's congressional campaign is raising money to fight back against a GOP effort to strip her of congressional committees for her past inflammatory statements as Democrats push for similar action against embattled Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.

February 3, 2021

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor at Capitol; Biden, others pay respects

Lawmakers and others held another memorial service Wednesday for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda, where he has been lying in honor since Tuesday evening after dying last month from injuries suffered during the Jan. 6 riot at the building that he helped defend.

February 2, 2021

Graham backs Cheney amid attacks over her Trump impeachment vote

As Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming reaches out to GOP House colleagues ahead of a Wednesday meeting to consider a push to strip the congresswoman of her number three House Republican leadership position, a high profile Republican senator is defending her.

January 29, 2021

Ana Navarro calls McCarthy's visit to Trump 'white slavery': He looks like he's 'owned by his master'

Ana Navarro panned House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's recent meeting with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, saying the GOP congressman is a "slave" to the former commander-in-chief.  

January 28, 2021

McCarthy to address Marjorie Taylor Greene posts reportedly questioning Sandy Hook, Parkland shootings

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to address comments posted on social media by freshmen Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.

January 28, 2021

Trump meets with McCarthy in Florida to plan GOP House takeover in 2022

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy met with former President Trump at Mar-a-lago Thursday where the two agreed to work together on Republicans taking back the House in 2022.

January 27, 2021

AOC says GOP caucus made up of 'White supremacist sympathizers,' suggests McCarthy 'answers' to QAnon

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. scorched her Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill Wednesday, accusing them of sympathizing with White supremacists and alleging that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is beholden to QAnon conspiracy theorists.