US Speaker Kevin McCarthy impeached The 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, has been impeached in a shock vote brought by rebels in his own party. The rebels have seethed in the nine months since Kevin McCarthy narrowly quelled their attempts to block him and managed to claim the most powerful job in Congress. No other speaker, a position second in line from the presidency in the federal hierarchy, has been ousted in US history. It was an undignified end for now, at least to an unstable, unauthoritative...