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  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    Joe Biden
    Republican House Speaker launches Biden impeachment inquiry

    Kevin McCarthy has been under pressure from Trump allies to launch probe into president

    US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks from a podium in Washington on Tuesday
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    US politics & policy
    US House passes debt ceiling bill in crucial step to avert historic default

    Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy secures bipartisan support to send legislation to the Senate

    Kevin McCarthy walks to the House chamber
  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Republican Party US
    New York congressman George Santos arrested on criminal charges

    Republican US representative who flipped district pleads not guilty to 13 counts, including fraud

    George Santos speaks to reporters outside the courthouse
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    US politics & policy
    US House Republicans pass debt ceiling bill in victory for Speaker McCarthy

    Passage of law will do little to break stalemate with White House

    Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy talks to media while walking
  • Saturday, 22 April, 2023
    US politics & policy
    At least 9 members of US Congress sold bank stocks amid turmoil last month

    Disclosures show one representative on the House financial services committee sold SVB shares a day before it collapsed

    The dome of the US Capitol
  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Debt ceiling jitters drive up cost of insuring against US default

    Investors shun government debt maturing this summer amid Washington stalemate on raising borrowing limit

    The US Capitol building
  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    US-China relations
    Congress to examine operations of US companies in China

    Lawmaker Mike Gallagher says panel will look at groups with investments in Chinese technology

    Mike Gallagher
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Republicans grill ex-Twitter executives over handling of Hunter Biden story

    Former employees acknowledge errors by social media platform but deny bowing to political pressure

    Former Twitter executives testified at Wednesday’s hearing: (from left to right) former deputy general counsel James Baker, former chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde, former global head of trust and safety Yoel Roth and former employee Ankia Collier Navaroli
  • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Speaker McCarthy faces tough first week seeking to unify Republicans

    Some question whether US lawmaker gave away too much to secure support of hardline rebels

    Kevin McCarthy points to his newly installed sign as he arrives at his office after he was sworn in as Speaker
  • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Kevin McCarthy loses US House Speakership vote for 14th time

    Republican congressman has won over a large number of holdouts but still falls short of majority

    Kevin McCarthy in the House
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Republicans’ descent into dysfunction

    Multiple rejections of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker show a party in disarray

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    US politics & policy
    House at impasse as McCarthy fails to clinch Speaker post after six ballots

    Trump’s plea for Republican party unity fails to break stalemate with proceedings set to continue for a third day

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    US politics & policy
    Republicans in disarray as McCarthy fails to win US House Speaker votes

    Process to resume on Wednesday after majority leader suffers unprecedented setbacks in party infighting

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Friday, 30 December, 2022
    Republican Party US
    Republicans set to take House majority amid acrimony and scandal

    Kevin McCarthy struggles to secure speakership votes and a newly elected lawmaker admits falsifying CV

    Kevin McCarthy
  • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
    Biogen Inc
    Congress faults US regulator’s approval of Biogen Alzheimer’s drug

    Committees cite inappropriate collaboration between FDA and drugmaker

    A box of the Aduhelm drug
  • Friday, 23 December, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Congress gives final approval to massive $1.7tn spending bill

    Legislation including $45bn in Ukraine aid goes to US president Joe Biden for his signature

    Outside the US Capitol building
  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    US Capitol attack
    January 6 panel recommends criminal charges against Trump

    Referral of four charges to justice department adds to ex-president’s legal problems as he mounts re-election bid

    Liz Cheney
  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    US midterm elections
    Live results map: US midterm elections 2022

    Live results of elections that will determine control of the US Senate and House of Representatives during the second half of Joe Biden’s term as president

    Photo montage showing the dome of the White House on top of a cartogram of the US overlaid on a gradient of blue to red
  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    News in-depthNancy Pelosi
    ‘She was Trump’s biggest problem’: Pelosi’s exit marks end of an era

    House Speaker hailed as an icon across the political spectrum after she announced she was stepping down

    Nancy Pelosi
  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Pelosi to step down as top House Democrat

    Departure of towering figure in US politics follows her party’s loss of its majority in midterm elections

    Nancy Pelosi arrives at the US Capitol in Washington on Thursday
  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    US midterm elections
    Debt, Ukraine and Hunter Biden: Republicans prepare for House majority

    Party could use lower chamber of Congress to limit US support for Kyiv and disband the January 6 probe

    Montage of Hunter Biden, Kevin McCarthy and the Capitol building
  • Friday, 28 October, 2022
    Nancy Pelosi
    Suspect to be charged with attempted murder in attack on Pelosi’s husband

    US House Speaker’s spouse Paul Pelosi taken to hospital after break-in and assault at San Francisco home

    Police tape in front of Nancy and Paul Pelosi’s home in San Francisco, California
  • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
    US-China relations
    US bank chiefs warn of China exit if Taiwan is attacked

    Heads of BofA, Citi and JPMorgan say they will follow Washington’s orders in the event of conflict

    US bank chiefs
  • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
    News in-depthRepublican Party US
    Cheney faces Wyoming showdown over stand against Trump

    Republican congresswoman must overcome backlash from rival and voters loyal to ex-president to keep seat in Cowboy State

    Harriet Hageman speaks to voters in a coffee shop
  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    US Capitol attack
    Trump wanted to march on Capitol with mob, January 6 committee hears

    Aide testifies former US president said armed supporters were ‘not here to hurt me’ and tried to grab steering wheel

    Cassidy Hutchinson testifies to the January 6 committee on Tuesday, June 28 2022
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