Retropolis A 400-pound gavel? The story of a symbol of congressional power and its heavy-handed abusers. After Nancy Pelosi was elected House speaker Thursday, she was given a wooden mallet with a ...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joked at a Saturday night event that it “will be hard not to hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with the speaker’s gavel if Republicans take control of the ...

Wham! Minutes after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed as leader, NC Congressman Patrick McHenry made “the gavel slam heard round the internet.” ...

With a loud clap that echoes through the Georgia House, Speaker Jon Burns’ gavel usually commands the attention of 180 restless representatives. Until it snaps, as it has four times since November.

WASHINGTON — Democrats blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for saying “it will be hard to not hit” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a gavel if he becomes speaker. McCarthy, R-Calif ...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D.,N.Y.) handed Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California the speaker's gavel. Democrats had the majority in the last Congress and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California ...