Republican Kevin McCarthy won the majority of votes in the US House of Representatives and led the House after 15 votes in a few days.
And U.S. House presidential candidate Kevin McCarthy took a major step toward securing his presidency when, after a three-day paralysis on Friday, he managed to convince a majority of Republicans in the 20-member conservative movement that is trying to block his election to support his candidacy.
The Capitol, which was taken over by supporters of former President Donald Trump two years ago, is in a different kind of chaos and will seek to emerge from the paralysis it has been drowned in by divisions among Republicans.
