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Breaking: US House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy Impeached

Kevin McCarthy has been ousted 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 California congressman as leader of the Republican majority in the lower chamber of Congress.

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Ultra-conservatives mutinied after he struck a deal on Saturday with Senate Democrats to fund government agencies.

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

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Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, a Trump ally, filed the procedural tool on Monday night to oust Mr McCarthy.

He accused the Speaker of making a secret deal with the White House to continue funding for Ukraine.

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