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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds a news conference as the House prepares to leave for its August recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 27, 2023. McCarthy suggested Sunday, Aug. 27, that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative power. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

White House says McCarthy floating impeachment to ‘throw red meat’ to GOP

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks to the media outside of the Fulton County Jail, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. A New York man was sentenced to three months in prison Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, for making threatening phone calls to Greene. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Greene says McCarthy pushed Biden impeachment on House GOP call

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It's a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House, signaling the challenges McCarthy will face next month to get a bill passed in the House without alienating a sizeable share of his conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McCarthy questions why Biden targets Trump with DOJ

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at a news conference as the House prepares to leave for its August recess at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

McCarthy warns House could launch impeachment inquiry in September

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It's a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House, signaling the challenges McCarthy will face next month to get a bill passed in the House without alienating a sizeable share of his conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Group of House conservatives unveils demands to support spending bill and avoid shutdown

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 17, 2023. House conservatives in a group known as the Freedom Caucus have unveiled a list of demands that they want included in a stopgap spending measure to keep the federal government running after the end of September. It's a smorgasbord of non-starters for the Democratic-controlled Senate and the White House, signaling the challenges McCarthy will face next month to get a bill passed in the House without alienating a sizeable share of his conference. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Freedom Caucus puts ultimatum on likely short-term spending bill

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Dawn breaks over the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans looking to avoid shutdown, preparing stopgap measure

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at a news conference as the House prepares to leave for its August recess at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

White House: McCarthy lied on Fox News to promote ‘baseless impeachment stunt’

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 21, 2023. U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff has built up a substantial fundraising advantage over his chief rivals in California's 2024 U.S. Senate contest. Federal records show the congressman has nearly $30 million in his campaign stockpile as of June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Schiff says McCarthy making impeachment threat to protect his speakership

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., and members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus denounce the fiscal year 2024 appropriations process as they decry so-called "woke" spending by Democrats and President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Freedom Caucus members foreshadow federal spending fight, not afraid of government shutdown

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters outside his office about calls for an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House dismisses Speaker McCarthy’s impeachment talk

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following the address to Congress by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy: Biden bribery accusations ‘rising to the level of impeachment inquiry’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to The Associated Press about her visit to Ukraine a year ago and her time as the Democratic leader in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi: Expunging Trump impeachments is about McCarthy ‘being afraid’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting with all of the U.S. Attorneys to discuss violent crime reduction strategies at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Garland’s White House conflict of interest

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks with reporters after votes in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2023. House Republicans this month have begun to push a series of policy changes around abortion, seeking to build on the work of anti-abortion advocates who helped catapult the issue successfully to the Supreme Court last year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

McCarthy: Trump can beat Biden, not sure he’s strongest GOP candidate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., gavels in before India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during the stamp unveiling ceremony in honor of Rep. John Lewis on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Stamp of civil rights icon John Lewis unveiled in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 19, 2022. The House has rejected an effort to censure Schiff, voting to turn aside a Republican attempt to fine the Democrat over his comments about former President Donald Trump and investigations into his ties to Russia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

House censures Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Illustration on the national debt by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden debt ceiling deal boots fiscal crisis to the next president

By Peter Morici

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., whispers to Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., during an event hosted by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

House conservatives eye ‘unauthorized’ spending to broadly slash federal budget following debt deal

By Stephen Dinan and Haris Alic - The Washington Times