House Speaker Mike Johnson's margin for error in getting Republican priorities through the House is getting slimmer, complicating future votes and magnifying the ability of individual lawmakers to force concessions.

The departure of the former party leader and campaign fundraising juggernaut, who helped Republicans take control of the House in 2022, could hamper party hopes of retaining the majority next year.

WASHINGTON − Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is resigning from Congress early and will not run for reelection next year, punctuating a historic Capitol Hill career after 15 rounds of voting to become speaker in January and getting ousted ...

"I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways," McCarthy wrote in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal​.

Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy says he's resigning from his congressional seat in California two months after his historic ouster as House speaker

It took a record 15 votes over four days for McCarthy to line up the support he needed to win the post he had long coveted, finally prevailing on a 216-212 vote with Democrats bac

House Republicans reacted to news of former speaker Kevin McCarthy’s departure with a mixture of gratitude, regret, and a blunt acknowledgement that the House GOP’s already razor-thin majority is about to get even smaller.

McCarthy's announcement that he's retiring early from the House prompted sadness, but not surprise, in his Central Valley district, which is the most Republican in California.