Newly elected US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reportedly won over the final few votes needed to secure the gavel by promising conservative lawmakers that he will help pass legislation that would limit future economic and military aid to Ukraine.

The two-year anniversary of the election integrity protest which burst into Congress on January 6, 2020 was overshadowed by Congress’ historic delay in selecting the third-most important post in the country.

Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the US House, looked set to lose a seventh round of voting on Thursday, as some in his own party voted for rival Republican Byron Donalds to deny him the majority needed to secure the post.

The Republican Party, which won the majority of votes in the House of Representatives, has failed to elect a house speaker, something which had not happened for a century.

Unable to elect Republican leader Kevin McCarthy as the new House speaker Tuesday, the Republicans adjourned for the day in disarray as the party tries to regroup from his historic defeat after a long, messy start for the new Congress.

Muslim US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has said the Republican Party uses “fear, xenophobia, Islamophobia and racism to target me on the House Floor and through millions of dollars of campaign ads.”

McCarthy vows to remove several prominent House Democrats from their committee assignments if he becomes speaker of the House.

Top Republican in the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy says his party will seize the lower chamber of Congress from Democrats after Tuesday's midterm elections, vowing that they will put America back on track.

A top Republican leader in the US Congress has refused to cooperate with a committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 riot on the US Capitol, slamming its work as “illegitimate” and “abuse of power.”

US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has called for an investigation into President Joe Biden's policy towards Afghanistan.