Five key takeaways from McCarthy’s historic ouster as US House speaker

Chaos' erupts after McCarthy is removed from the post nine months after he secured the gavel through 15 rounds of voting

The US House of Representatives voted to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speaker's chair on Tuesday, making McCarthy the first speaker of the House in US history to be removed from the job.

McCarthy, who had only been in the post for nine months, set the wheels in motion for his removal last weekend when he collaborated with Democrats in an effort to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. That move prompted the hard-right congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida to introduce a motion on Monday night to oust him.