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Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told CBS News on Tuesday that Rep. Tony Gonzales should resign, after a set of newly revealed text messages drew fresh scrutiny to an alleged affair between the Texas Republican and a staffer who later died by suicide. “If this was in a business, he would’ve been fired,” McCarthy, a

Asked how they’d describe the state of the country if they could give the address tonight, most Americans would use the word “divided.” It’s a belief about division that has spanned administrations — before Joe Biden’s last State of the Union, most described the nation as “divided” too. And even more do now. “Divided” far

Hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address, House Speaker Mike Johnson told CBS News the U.S. economy is on the right track — but he added that inflation has not been “completely fixed yet.” In an interview Tuesday with “CBS Evening News,” Johnson also argued “we shouldn’t freak out” about the impact of

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the allegations against GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales regarding an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide “detestable,” but he says “we’re trying to sort it out.”  “My understanding is he’s denied a lot of this, and we’re trying to sort it out,” Johnson told “CBS Evening News” anchor