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- Republicans are pressing ahead with their impeachment inquiry into President Biden – even as some in the GOP downplay plans to actually boot him from office.
- In the Senate, Republicans are working with Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to pad their chamber's stopgap spending bill with border security money – an effort to make it more palatable for House conservatives.
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What Romney’s private poll says about the likelihood of a shutdown
As the shutdown deadline nears, Republicans are on very different pages — among themselves and between Congress' two chambers — over how to stop a shutdown.
Education Department confirms student loans will restart even if government closes
About 28 million borrowers will be expected to make a payment in October.
McCarthy’s Hail Mary: Strip Ukraine aid and finally pass Pentagon spending bill
Pulling the funding marks another reversal for the speaker, who opted to keep it in over the weekend.
Opinion | Since When Is Populism the Enemy of Conservatism?
On many specific issues, there’s overlap between the two supposedly irreconcilable sides of the Republican Party.
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Inside the Golden State political arena
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Inside the Golden State political arena
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Menendez pleads not guilty to corruption charges
The New Jersey senator made his first court appearance since being indicted last week.
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UAW announces ‘nationwide’ expansion of strike — in bad news for Biden
UAW President Shawn Fain announced that parts distribution workers at 38 locations across 20 states will join the strike.
Biden joins striking auto workers on picket line
Biden’s choice to show solidarity with striking auto workers comes at a time of great promise and peril for the labor movement.
The 2024 field braces for a ‘devastating’ fall, with drop-outs on the horizon
Candidates had already come and gone at this point in the 2016 campaign.
Trump fraudulently inflated his net worth by up to $2.2 billion, New York judge rules
The ruling is a blow for Trump and his business empire in the run-up to a civil fraud trial.
San Francisco Mayor Breed gets a major challenger. Inside Daniel Lurie’s plan to beat her.
The nonprofit leader, an heir to a San Francisco business dynasty, formally declared his San Francisco mayoral campaign as the city struggles with drug and homelessness crises that have happened on incumbent Mayor London Breed’s watch.
‘The SEC needs to do its job’: Warren presses Gensler on climate risk
The letter is the latest sign of mounting anxiety among Democrats and investor advocates about the fate of the SEC’s proposed rule.
Travis King, American soldier who crossed into North Korea, heads to U.S. after secret journey through China
The U.S. did not make any concessions to North Korea in exchange for King's return, a senior administration official said.
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Anti-vaxxers are now a modern political force
The once-fringe movement is now seeing an influx in cash after the Covid pandemic.
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