Republican Kevin McCarthy achieved his long-held ambition of becoming House speaker early Saturday after quelling a rebellion by GOP conservative hardliners, but at the cost of further weakening his precarious position within a sharply divided party.
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Republican Kevin McCarthy suffered a stunning and humiliating loss in the 14th round of balloting for speaker, just hours after he and his allies had put together a compromise they expected would win over his opponents.
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The bitter fight among Republicans to select a House speaker escalated to shoving and shouting on chamber’s floor as GOP leader Kevin McCarthy angrily confronted one of his most vocal and strident critics, Florida’s Matt Gaetz.
