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PBS NewsHour: 2023 State of the Union

President Biden will address Congress for the first time since Republicans took control of the House in January
By Christina Zeiders

Would-be Speaker McCarthy can learn from predecessors’ struggles for the big gavel

The Speaker of the House is the most powerful person on Capitol Hill and stands next after the vice president in the line of presidential succession

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Congressman Kevin McCarthy unveils House GOP’s big ideas in Pittsburgh, but his party faces challenges

We have a plan for a new direction for America,” he told The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press

McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel

An attorney representing McCarthy wrote to the committee Friday that it does not have the authority to issue subpoenas to the lawmakers.

By The Associated Press

The top House Republican won’t comply with Jan. 6 panel request to voluntarily testify

The minority leader is the third sitting member of the House GOP the panel has sought voluntary testimony from — including midstate Congressman Scott Perry.

By NPR

GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy critical of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Holocaust remarks

The remarks by the freshman Republican congresswoman — and criticism of them — come against the backdrop of antisemitic incidents across the United States.

By NPR

FBI briefs Reps. Pelosi, McCarthy on Rep. Swalwell’s ties to suspected Chinese spy

Kevin McCarthy is one of several prominent Republicans to call for Swalwell’s removal from the high-powered committee following a report from Axios that Swalwell and other California politicians had for years been targeted for information by a suspected Chinese spy.

By NPR