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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Rep. Will Hurd speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition's fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave)

Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd suspends long-shot GOP 2024 presidential bid, endorses Nikki Haley

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Kevin McCarthy says he would return as speaker if House Republicans want him back

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump welcomes Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to the stage at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance at Wright Bros. Aero Inc. at Dayton International Airport on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Vandalia, Ohio. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Trump is inserting himself into the messy race to become the next House speaker. Will it matter?

By Stephen Groves and Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the state Capitol, Jan. 17, 2023, in Harrisburg, Pa. Shapiro — a first-term Democrat seen by his party as a rising star nationally — gave his backing to a Republican-backed school voucher proposal over the summer. School choice advocates say that makes Shapiro unique among Democratic governors and could mark an evolution in traditional alliances on school choice politics. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Pa.’s Democratic Gov. Shapiro, a rising political star, crosses partisan school choice divide

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 8, 2017. Scalise has emerged as a leading contender to replace McCarthy who was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Televised speaker debate called off after candidates buck the spectacle

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks during a hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker, calls chairman a ‘star’

By S.A. Miller and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton jokes with the audience during her speech at her portrait unveiling ceremony, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Hillary takes on Trump supporters: ‘There needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members’

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives at the Capitol for meetings as GOP leaders grapple with choosing his replacement, in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. With no speaker of the House, a constitutional officer second in line to the presidency, the Congress cannot fully function — to pass laws, fund the government and otherwise serve as the branch of government closest to the people — during a time of simmering uncertainty at home and abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be missed

By Newt Gingrich

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media before entering the courtroom at New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Trump as House speaker? Some GOP lawmakers say yes

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks to reporters after leaving a meeting on the morning after he filed a motion to strip Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Republicans have knives out for Rep. Gaetz after orchestrating McCarthy’s ouster as speaker

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

The speaker's dais is seen in the House of Representatives of the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2022. After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job by a contingent of hard-right conservatives this week, House GOP leaders are now grappling to find a new speaker. With no speaker of the House, a constitutional officer second in line to the presidency, the Congress cannot fully function — to pass laws, fund the government and otherwise serve as the branch of government closest to the people — during a time of simmering uncertainty at home and abroad. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP infighting erupts over rewriting rules to oust speaker

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Kevin McCarthy was an early architect of the Republican majority that became his downfall

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., leaves the chamber just after a stopgap spending bill advanced on a procedural vote but with final passage uncertain, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican suicide

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Then-President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, as Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on. The former president on Wednesday threw cold water on suggestions he should take over as the House of Representatives as the next speaker. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

Former president dashes MAGA movement’s dreams of a Speaker Trump

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is surrounded by press and police on the way to the chamber, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. McCarthy’s ability to remain in leadership is now seriously at risk after the House voted to move ahead with an effort by hard-right Republican critics to oust him. Tuesday’s narrow vote was forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McCarthy says he’s dropping out of battle for speaker after ouster

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., speaks during a news conference, on Aug. 15, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Malliotakis questions Bowman’s characterization of fire alarm incident

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

DeSantis said he would support a 15-week abortion ban, after avoiding a direct answer for months

By Sara Burnett - Associated Press

The Idaho state flag hangs in the State Capitol in Boise, Idaho, Jan. 9, 2023. Republicans in Idaho and Missouri will have to attend caucuses to cast their presidential picks in 2024, after GOP-led legislatures in those states canceled their presidential primaries and then missed a deadline to reinstate them. Presidential caucuses in both states are planned on March 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, File)

Missouri, Idaho shift to GOP presidential caucuses after lawmakers cancel primaries

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and other House Republicans after Gaetz filed a motion to oust McCarthy from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

In historic vote, GOP rebels eject House Speaker McCarthy after heated debate

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters amid news that Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., one of his harshest critics, plans to use a procedural tool — called a motion to vacate — to try and strip McCarthy of his office as soon as this week, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress buckles up for McCarthy-Gaetz showdown, lawmakers exchange jabs about deals with Dems

By Kerry Picket and Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times