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The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy: Still Running Interference for the GOP
The former speaker reflects on a congressional career and its rocky ending.
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy Predicts 2024 GOP Victories in Exit Interview
Plus: Turning Point USA tells the young MAGA faithful that early voting is good, actually.
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Kevin McCarthy’s Pants on Fire claim that U.S. never asked for land after wars
“In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterwards, except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for that freedom we went in for.”
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy Embraced Partisanship—at His Own Peril
It’s not clear his replacement will do much differently.
PolitiFact→ Could Trump take McCarthy's place as House speaker? Technically, yes, but don't count on it
Now that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been removed as House speaker, could former president Donald Trump succeed him? Technically, yes. As a practical matter? Don’t hold your breath.
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy’s Ironic Downfall
Plus: What the former speaker’s ouster means for GOP fundraising.
The Dispatch→ A Historically Bad Day for Kevin McCarthy
Plus: How one New Jersey senator’s alleged crime could benefit Sweden’s NATO bid.
The Dispatch→ Video: Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker
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The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: The Motion to Oust Kevin McCarthy
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The Dispatch→ Democrats Will Decide Kevin McCarthy’s Fate
The House readies for a vote on whether to oust the speaker.
The Dispatch→ Video: McCarthy Can’t Keep His House in Order
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The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: McCarthy Can’t Keep His House in Order
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The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy’s Historically Bad Week
Plus: Washington welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Sort of.
The Dispatch→ Could McCarthy Really Pull Off Impeaching Biden?
It’s stupid politics, but it might just work.
The Dispatch→ Will Kevin McCarthy Fight Back?
It’s unclear whether the speaker has the votes to push a stopgap spending measure, but the endgame for House hardliners is even foggier.
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Largest share of foreign payments went to Biden associates, not kin, Biden memos show
“We know the bank records show that nearly $20 million in payments were directed to the Biden family members and associates through various shell companies.”
AllSides→ CNN declares McCarthy pushed ‘unproven claims’ on Biden impeachment inquiry, quietly admits they were ‘true’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-declares-mccarthy-pushed-unproven-claims-biden-impeachment-inquiry-quietly-admits-true
FactCheck.org→ FactChecking McCarthy’s Impeachment Inquiry Claims
Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Sept. 12 that he would direct the House to open a formal impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. The unilateral move came just a week and a half after McCarthy told Breitbart News that an impeachment inq
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Kevin McCarthy’s Full Flop on opening Joe Biden impeachment inquiry with a House vote
On moving forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden with a House vote.
PolitiFact→ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy orders impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden: What to know
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered the House to open an impeachment investigation into President Joe Biden over his family. Here’s what it means.
The Dispatch→ Video: McCarthy Launches Impeachment Inquiry
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The Dispatch→ How Serious Is the Threat to Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership?
The speaker announced an impeachment inquiry Tuesday while trying to appease his critics on government spending. Will it work?
The Dispatch→ Dispatch Live: McCarthy Launches Impeachment Inquiry
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The Dispatch→ McCarthy’s Law
Good faith is in short supply.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy only threatened impeachment proceedings
Kevin McCarthy “announces impeachment proceeding for Biden regime.”
The Dispatch→ Cormac McCarthy’s Blood and Guts Catholicism
The late-writer’s gritty style gives us a window into his religious upbringing and imagination.
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy’s Next Task: ‘Relationship Repair’
Some Republicans see the debt ceiling deal as a breach in trust. Continue reading Kevin McCarthy’s Next Task: ‘Relationship Repair’ »
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Kevin McCarthy oversells employment gains from past work requirements
"Every study has shown” that when work requirements are tied to federal safety-net programs, “it puts more people to work.”
Truth or Fiction?→ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: ‘A Child That Has No Job’
On May 30 and 31 2023, screenshots of a tweet quoting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) on a “child” who “has no job” were shared to Reddit’s r/WhitePeopleTwitter and r/lostgeneration: Get these kids i
Washington Post→ McCarthy hypes ‘largest cut’ to sell debt-ceiling deal
There are many ways to run the numbers but no metric puts this deal in first place.
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – Kevin McCarthy questioned whether House should expel Adam Schiff, but didn’t call for his removal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for the immediate “expulsion and prosecution of Rep. Adam Schiff for committing crimes of treason against the United States.”
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t announce that his predecessor ‘will be impeached’
Video shows House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announcing U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “will be impeached.”
The Dispatch→ McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Plan Is Built on Unrealistic Spending Caps
Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The fiscal benefits would likely be far below what is advertised.Continue reading McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Plan I
The Dispatch→ Kevin McCarthy’s Biggest Test Yet
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) walks outside the U.S. Capitol on April 20, 2023. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)House Republicans will have to overcome thin margins to pass a debt-ceiling bill. Continue reading Kevin McCarthy’s B
Washington Post→ McCarthy says Biden has cost families $7,400, but it depends on your math
The House speaker cited an eye-popping number. But not all economists believe it is correct.
Washington Post→ How Kevin McCarthy manipulated Biden’s words on debt talks
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted a misleading mash-up of Biden quotes from 2011.
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Fake statement attributed to Donald Trump about Kevin McCarthy emerges amid flurry of arrest posts
Former President Donald Trump issued a statement threatening to leak “interesting videos” of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
AllSides→ Trump, McCarthy and Fox run out a new truth-defying playbook
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/politics/trump-mccarthy-fox-republican-power/index.html A Trump industri
The Dispatch→ McCarthy Puts Republicans in a January 6 Bind
People clash with the U.S. Capitol police on January 6, 2021. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty Images)Fox News’ Tucker Carlson debuts his latest round of January 6 revisionist history.The post McCarthy Puts Republicans in a January 6 Bind appeare