Kevin McCarthy Ousted as US House Speaker by Republican Dissidents
- Speaker unable to make last-minute deal to retain the gavel
- McCarthy is first speaker in US history ousted from the job
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Republican Kevin McCarthy was toppled Tuesday as US House speaker by dissidents within his own party, ending his tumultuous nine months in the job and sending a fractious Congress into further disarray.
The 58-year-old veteran California politician, who navigated treacherous political cross-currents to avert a US debt default earlier this year and an Oct. 1 government shutdown, now becomes the first US House speaker removed from his job.