Overview

• McCaul announced on ABC's This Week that he will finish his term through January 2027 and then pursue work in national security and foreign policy outside the House.
• He has not named a next employer or specific role, describing only a move to the same policy space in a different realm.
• The 11‑term Texan chaired the Homeland Security Committee from 2013 to 2019 and the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2023 to 2025, building a hawkish record on Ukraine, Israel and China.
• His deep‑red 10th District, which he won by roughly 30 points in 2024, was slightly reconfigured in Texas' recent mid‑decade map but remains strongly Republican by recent vote data.
• His retirement adds to GOP turnover, following announcements from Reps. Morgan Luttrell and Don Bacon, as he also warned that Russian drones breaching Polish airspace risk dangerous escalation and rejected President Trump's suggestion it may have been a mistake.