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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
FactCheck.org→ McCarthy Is Supportive of Raskin’s Head Covering, Contrary to Online Posts
Quick Take Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland wears head coverings on the House floor to cover his hair loss while undergoing treatment for cancer. Social media posts falsely claim that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican, refuse
Washington Post→ McCarthy puts a spin on spending math to justify debt limit fight
The House speaker relied on numbers that don’t tell the full story of what happened — and how the GOP-controlled Congress boosted spending.
FactCheck.org→ McCarthy Distorts Facts About DOJ Search of Mar-a-Lago
In questioning why the FBI “raid[ed] President Trump,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy falsely claimed that government officials “could have come and taken” classified government documents stored at Donald Trump’s private cl
PolitiFact→ Kevin McCarthy – Is Kevin McCarthy right that GOP didn’t raise discretionary spending? It hinges on the metric used
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
Washington Post→ McCarthy’s specious attacks on Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell
The House speaker's reasons for booting them off the House Intelligence Committee don't add up.
The Dispatch→ Inside the Club for Growth’s Push for Kevin McCarthy
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy takes the gavel after securing the speakership on the 15th ballot on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)A deal that helped revive his flailing speakership bid could reshape down-ballot races i
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: McCarthy Did NOT Post Twitter Poll Asking If He Should Step Down as ‘head of Congress’
Did newly elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweet a poll asking Americans if he should step down as the "head of Congress"? No, that's not true: A review of McCarthy's official Twitter account found no such tweet, and there is no singl
The Dispatch→ Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Ever Drop His Support of Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership Bid?
U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) A fabricated image purporting to show a statement from former President Donald Trump began circulating onli
The Dispatch→ McCarthy Gets the Gavel in Dramatic Fashion
Rep. Mike Rogers is restrained after getting into an argument with Rep. Matt Gaetz during the 14th round of voting for speaker of the House. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)After more than a dozen votes and days of negotia
The Dispatch→ Details on McCarthy’s Concessions Still To Come
U.S. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy talks with Rep.-elect Chip Roy in the House chamber Friday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Kevin McCarthy finally won over more than a dozen GOP detractors to claim the House speakership. But what did h
The Dispatch→ Could Kevin McCarthy Give Away Too Much?
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy talks to Rep.-elect Andy Ogles in the House chamber Thursday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Concessions to the House Freedom Caucus runs the risk of alienating more moderate allies.The post Could Kevin M