Crisis in Congress; McCarthy: 'I Will Not Seek Candidacy for Speakership'; Patrick McHenry Becomes Interim Speaker

Following the ousting of Kevin McCarthy from the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives, Patrick McHenry, a representative from North Carolina, temporarily assumed the role on Tuesday night. In his first reaction to his removal, McCarthy wrote on 'X': 'I will not seek candidacy for Speakership again.' He added, 'I may have lost a vote today, but I fought for what I believed in. Serving America was my honor.' The Speaker of the House was removed due to his collaboration with Democrats in passing a temporary government budget over the past weekend, which prevented a government shutdown. In his first comments after this event, he stated, 'I did not want to prioritize my interests over the interests of the nation.' In the vote that led to McCarthy's ousting, 216 representatives, including a handful of conservative Republicans and Democrats, voted in favor of the motion. This vote is historic as it marks the first time the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to remove a Speaker. This vote could also pave the way for unprecedented disputes within the House. The motion for removal was presented because McCarthy worked with Democrats to prevent a government shutdown. In the budget that Congress approved in the final hours of the deadline on the last day of September, funding for the government was approved for 45 days to temporarily prevent a shutdown. Earlier, President Joe Biden criticized McCarthy for not including a decision to increase U.S. aid to Ukraine in the federal budget bill, which has caused a rift between Biden and McCarthy. Biden's criticism of the lack of approval for aid to Ukraine; McCarthy: The U.S. border crisis is more important. A government shutdown in the U.S. has become more likely; rejection of the budget proposal by hardline Republicans in the House. Investigation into the U.S. President has begun; the possibility of impeaching Biden due to 'abuse of power.'