Republican House leader loses seventh and eighth rounds of voting, with his GOP supporters and foes seemingly stalemated; member of latter group symbolically nominates Trump

Renegade Republican hardliners block party representative Kevin McCarthy from becoming speaker in six consecutive votes, leaving chamber unable to legislate or swear in new members

Former president calls on party's far-right rebels to 'not turn a great triumph into a giant and embarrassing defeat'

Republican representative-elect refuses questions from reporters, sits alone in chamber amid uproar over fabricating his past, including supposed Jewish heritage

Abraham Hamadeh, who posted antisemitic comments online as a teen, follows Kari Lake, Mark Finchem and Blake Masters who lost bids in elections last month

Long Island prosecutors launch probe into falsehoods and fabrications about NY Representative-elect's heritage, education, professional background

Republican Jewish Coalition dissociates from George Santos after he acknowledged 'embellishments' in bio but insisted he never said he was Jewish, as new evidence shows otherwise

After media reports reveal he isn't grandson of German refugees who fled the Nazis, a former Goldman Sachs employee or a college graduate, George Santos says he's not quitting

Maternal grandparents of George Santos born in Brazil, documents show, contradicting GOP candidate's claim they escaped Europe; elected Republican also campaigned with false resume

Amid disagreement over next US House speaker, Colorado representative brings up Georgia colleague's past Facebook post implying Rothschild-owned firm started fire from space