Trump says he was 'angry' and 'eating too much' after January 6, pushing back on Liz Cheney's claims that McCarthy visited him at Mar-a-Lago because he wasn't eating

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Former President Donald Trump before a speech in Anaheim, Calif., on September 29, 2023.

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Ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy says fellow GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz 'belongs in jail'

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Rep. Matt Gaetz and Rep. Kevin McCarthy stand face to face in the House Chamber. McCarthy appears to be yelling at Gaetz.
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) talks to Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in the House Chamber after Gaetz voted present during the fourth day of voting for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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McCarthy visited Mar-a-Lago after January 6 because staffers said Trump was 'not eating,' Liz Cheney writes in forthcoming book

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and US President Donald Trump attend a legislation signing rally with local farmers in Bakersfield, Calif., on February 19, 2020.

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A GOP congressman who earlier this year mulled running for statewide office says Congress has become a 'childish' place that isn't attracting 'the cream of the crop'

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Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana.

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Congress is lame fight club now

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A GOP lawmaker frustrated by Nancy Mace's opposition to a recent spending bill texted colleagues a link to a video entitled 'How to talk to a Narcissist'

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Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.

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Nancy Mace says she's 'actually surprised' her scarlet letter shirt got so much attention: 'It got way more than it should have'

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Rep. Nancy Mace speaks with reporters while wearing a bright red “A” across her shirt on October 10, 2023.
Rep. Nancy Mace speaks with reporters while wearing a bright red

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Speaker of the House finally elected, ending three weeks of leaderless chaos

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Rep. Mike Johnson, an ultraconservative and Trump loyalist, was voted in as the new speaker of the House. The Representative from Louisiana was the fourth nominee for the speakership after Rep.

Tucker Carlson says he has 'no plans to get involved' in the House GOP speaker race despite bad blood with frontrunner Tom Emmer

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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, widely seen as the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for speaker.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, widely seen as the current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for speaker.

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Matt Gaetz blasts the House GOP secret ballot process that knocked off Jim Jordan as the party's speaker nominee: 'It's as swampy as swamp gets'

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Rep. Matt Gaetz firmly backed Rep. Jim Jordan's speakership bid, which the House GOP conference ended in a secret ballot.

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