Kevin McCarthy rules out running again after being ousted as speaker

Night falls on the dome of the Capitol, hours after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of the House (Mark Schiefelbein, AP)

Kevin McCarthy will not run again after becoming the first speaker of the House of Representatives to be forced out of office.

Mr McCarthy told politicians he would put the gavel up for grabs after being forced out of his role by a contingent of hard-right conservatives.