6:40 PM: In South Carolina, Rep. Nancy Mace faces challenger backed by Kevin McCarthy When eight House Republicans voted last year to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from the speakership ...

Mike Johnson as speaker of the House, South Carolinians saw a few of their own sworn into ... and praise – a stark contrast ...

But Johnson is also in trouble because many of the key votes ostensibly for him look more like votes for the Republican ...

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