Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. After four days of grueling ballots, McCarthy flipped more than a dozen conservative holdouts to become supporters, including the chairman of the chamber’s Freedom Caucus, leaving him just a few shy of seizing the gavel for the new Congress. Full story on CBS8.com: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/mccarthy-speaker-fight-day-4/507-ffb06a4f-7536-45d7-82ce-478b4eeae16a