Policy demands, personal animus and more: Meet the McCarthy resistance  —  A group of hard-right House Republicans has stood this week between McCarthy and the speaker's gavel, airing a broad array of complaints  —  Ralph Norman says he will not support leader Kevin McCarthy's bid …

Post Politics Now: McCarthy vows ‘progress’ as speaker voting enters 4th day  —  Today, Republican Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) vowed to show “progress” toward achieving a majority vote as the fight over his potential speakership entered Day 4.  McCarthy is trying to sell a package of concessions …

POLITICO Playbook: Unrest swells among McCarthy's backers  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Around Christmas, Texas Republican Rep. ROGER WILLIAMS' wife suffered a medical emergency.  This week, as she underwent treatment, her husband was eager to be by her side.

Obstruction in the House picks up where J6 left off  —  The 20 can't quite trust Kevin McCarthy to blow up democracy.  —  Laughing at Republicans is fun, especially when Republicans seem to go out of their way to be so laughable.  —  Who can't enjoy a raging Marjorie Taylor Greene swinging …

Principals  —  with Steve Clemons  —  So many stories are converging on the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.  Kevin McCarthy was angry at Trump — he was caught on tape that week suggesting he'd push him to resign — but “bent the knee” just weeks later at Mar-a-Lago.

McCarthy hints House may continue votes through weekend  —  Punchbowl reported McCarthy insisted it is unlikely the House adjourns for an extended period of time until a speaker is elected  —  Burgess Owens: It's ‘just a matter of time’ before Kevin McCarthy is elected

The feds say they're in for the long haul in the Jan. 6 investigation.  There is a time limit.  —  WASHINGTON — In the two years since a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol — violently assaulting dozens of officers, inflicting millions of dollars in damage …

Two years after US Capitol attack, investigation into Trump and insurrection enters new phase  —  Two years after rioters stormed the US Capitol, the Justice Department's sprawling criminal investigation into the effort to block the peaceful transition of power enters a new phase …

How Trump's Missing Call Logs Could Become His Nixon Tapes  —  The Trump White House call logs are now public, and they're about as trustworthy as his business income statements.  —  During the nearly nine hours that Congress was under attack on Jan. 6, 2021, the official White House call …

January 6: A Day That Will Live in Alchemy  —  In a feat of political sorcery—fueled by lies, cover-ups, and careerism—the Biden regime has transformed an unruly, four-hour protest into an act of domestic terror.  —  A few weeks before Christmas, federal authorities arrested …

Judge Rules for Justice Dept. in Dispute With Trump Over Documents Search  —  The court said the former president had to provide the government the names of private investigators he hired to search his properties last year for any classified material still in his possession.