« Hakeem Jeffries has 200 other people who can serve on that committee, » House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said after noting that the move wasn't « political. »

Comment on this story House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday he will block Reps. Adam B. Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the House Intelligence Committee, days after House Min… [+3240 chars]

House Democrats brace for Speaker McCarthy to block their committee assignments in retaliatory strike

The potential move by Republicans follows Democrats' decisions last Congress to remove GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar from committees.

In apparent dig at McCarthy, Democrat Hakeem Jeffries nominated for speaker as a leader who does not 'grovel' to Trump

Donald Trump famously called Kevin McCarthy "my Kevin" and backed him for House Speaker, but McCarthy is struggling to win the votes.

US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes

Republican rebels defeated party leader Kevin McCarthy three times. Can he still find a way to win?

Opinion: Kevin McCarthy is getting schooled in history

Thomas Balcerski unpacks historical examples of deadlocked speaker elections that resulted when the two-party system itself was in flux, and, less commonly but most tellingly for today's moment, when a vocal minority within the dominant party refused to suppo…

Analysis: Kevin McCarthy's problem is he's historically unpopular with a historically small majority

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is hoping all's well that ends well when it comes to becoming speaker of the chamber. The current minority leader and former majority leader may have thought he'd have the speakership locked up by now, but, ahead of the …

McCarthy Democrat Schiff Swalwell