Speaker Kevin McCarthy: US House of Representatives votes to oust Republican leader – BBC News

Kevin McCarthy has been toppled in a right-wing revolt – the first time ever that a US House of Representatives Speaker has lost a no-confidence vote.

The final tally was 216-210 to remove the congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.

Hardliners in his party voted against him after he struck a deal with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.

There is no clear successor to oversee the House Republican majority.

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