US Politics
McCarthy faces far-right mutiny amid attempts to remove him as US House speaker
Republicans seek to oust speaker over a deal to avert a US government shutdown
Kevin McCarthy’s embrace of a bipartisan deal to avert a US government shutdown has triggered a mutiny by far-right Republicans to depose him as US House speaker.
Florida Republican Matt Gaetz said on Sunday that he will file a motion to vacate the chair this week, seizing on a parliamentary process that has not resulted in a speaker removal vote since 1910.
“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this ...
