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 — 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.

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.