Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday said congressional lawmakers are retiring because “nothing is happening” on Capitol Hill. “If nothing’s being accomplished —

Kevin McCarthy is a Republican who has served as the U.S. representative for California's 23rd Congressional District since 2007. He was the House majority leader from 2014 to 2019.

McCarthy, who was narrowly elected House speaker in January after a historic 15 rounds of voting, will need Democrats' support to survive the "motion to vacate" brought forth by Rep. Matt Gaetz Kyler Alvord is a news editor at PEOPLE, leading the brand's ...

The theme of Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy's first season as the starter was injuries, so it was fitting that Sunday's finale included one. McCarthy missed Week 17 with a hairline fracture in his right hand and he left Sunday's win because of soreness in the hand.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of 2023, saying his “work is only getting started” in recruiting other Republicans to run for Congress. McCarthy (R-Calif.), 58, wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed ...

Anyone who really knows Kevin McCarthy knows he’s up to the task.” Bakersfield conservative Paul Stine has known McCarthy since 1995, battling with him since they were young Republicans. When they first met, Stine considered McCarthy as too centrist, more like Arnold Schwarzenegger than Donald Trump. “Kevin can adapt,” Stine said.

The former Speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R- Calif.), announced this week he would leave Congress at year's end. In his first television interview since the announcement, to be aired this weekend, McCarthy talks with CBS News' chief election ...

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said his refusal to stop an ethics complaint against Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., was what led to him being the first speaker to ever be ousted from his job last year. McCarthy pointed the blame at one ...