"Gaetz vs. McCarthy: Battle for House Speaker"

Representative Matt Gaetz, a far-right Republican from Florida, has announced his intention to move this week to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership post. Gaetz's decision comes after McCarthy turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, which Gaetz sees as a betrayal of Republican principles. Gaetz plans to bring up a measure called a "motion to vacate" to prompt a vote on whether to keep McCarthy as speaker. While McCarthy dismisses the threat, Gaetz's move poses an existential threat to McCarthy's tenure due to the slim majority the GOP holds in the House.