Kevin McCarthy

The freshman Republican has repeatedly equated COVID-19 safety measures with the treatment of Jews under the Nazis. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy rejected that rhetoric, but she doubled down.

The measure's prospects in the Senate are dim after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said he opposed the bipartisan, 9/11-style panel.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who directed the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee to negotiate the structure of the commission, now says he will vote against the deal.

Republicans criticized the California Democrat's remarks urging protesters to "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in his trial.

The speaker rebuked House Republicans for giving the supporter of conspiracy theories a spot on the Education Committee. Greene's views have come under fresh scrutiny this week.

The House minority leader, who encouraged the president to call for calm during the pro-Trump attack on the Capitol last week, said he would be more in favor of a censure.

The two leading House legislators were briefed following a report that California Rep. Eric Swalwell and others had been targeted for information by a suspected Chinese spy.

The resolution calls for public hearings and allows President Trump or his lawyers to cross-examine witnesses. But the administration says its "rights remain undefined, unclear, and uncertain."