As House Republicans work to unveil a debt ceiling proposal tied to long-coveted spending cuts from conservatives, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is privately urging his fellow Republicans to unite ...

The speaker says he'll get the GOP majority to back his deal, as default looms. Kevin McCarthy emerged in January from his historically chaotic speakership election confident, he insisted, that the ...

Opinion editor's note: Editorials represent the opinions of the Star Tribune Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom. After a brutal 15-ballot floor battle that included untold ...

Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) folded to several demands from his right flank to be elected House speaker — and now, those concessions could come back to haunt him as he attempts to negotiate with the White ...