US House Speaker McCarthy impeached from office

Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, filed a rarely used procedural tool known as a motion to vacate the Chair to oust McCarthy. He accused the Speaker of making a secret deal with the White House to continue funding for Ukraine, amid negotiations to avert a partial government shutdown at the weekend.

At a private meeting of Republican politicians on Tuesday evening after losing his job, McCarthy told colleagues he did not plan to run for Speaker again.

He later took aim at his political nemesis, Matt Gaetz, accusing him of attention-seeking.