And it all comes as a GOP leadership scramble to succeed McCarthy has begun to take shape, even as rank-and-file Republicans warn the speaker candidates that there is ample work that must be done ...

WASHINGTON — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told his colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the job Tuesday ... alternating between upbeat assessment of his speakership and angry score-settling of those who ousted him.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him ...

McCarthy told lawmakers in the evening he would not run again for speaker, putting the gavel up ... upbeat assessment of his speakership and angry score-settling of those who ousted him.

WASHINGTON -- Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it.