This was the fifth-longest House speaker election in history, with the most votes since before the Civil War.

McCarthy’s epic struggle briefly gave the punditocracy a chance to indulge in one of its most persistent—and persistently stupid—fantasias.

These Republican holdouts are blocking Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker. He’ll need three of their votes.

And Kevin McCarthy’s quest for the House speaker gavel continues.

The uncertainty over Kevin McCarthy’s political future mirrors the existential limbo of the lower chamber.

A new potential challenger to Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker emerges.

Gaetz is one of 19 Republicans who have voted against Kevin McCarthy every round.

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Boebert, who has been opposing Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker, doesn’t seem to entirely understand what that means.

When will this end?

Kevin McCarthy’s (failed) bid for House speaker continues.

Kevin McCarthy lost the fourth round of voting for House speaker, with no clear end in sight.

In an attempt to block Kevin McCarthy from becoming House speaker, Republicans are now comparing Jim Jordan—who doesn’t want the job—to George Washington.

Gaetz wants Kevin McCarthy to stop occupying the House speaker’s office. He didn’t care this much about the rioters occupying the Capitol on January 6.

If Kevin McCarthy pulls it out, dissension deepens. If they move toward Steve Scalise, they’ve elevated “David Duke without the baggage.”

After three rounds of voting, it’s not clear what his plan is for securing the gavel.

This is the first time in 100 years that a majority party's nominee failed to win House speaker in the first round of voting. Congrats to Kevin McCarthy for making history by losing twice.

McCarthy and his allies are scrambling to get enough votes to confirm him as speaker of the House, reportedly even threatening that Republicans who vote against him will lose committee assignments.

Kevin McCarthy said he “had meetings” and couldn’t attend Pelosi’s farewell speech. Here’s a reminder politics wasn’t always this way.