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Three in 10 Republicans don’t think the Biden impeachment probe will be fair
Republicans are as likely to have “no confidence” in the House impeachment probe as “a lot of confidence.”
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Matt Gaetz accuses McCarthy of a horrible act: Compromise
Republicans are far less likely than Democrats to support working across the aisle.
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Newsom taps Emily’s List leader to fill Feinstein’s Senate seat
Laphonza Butler is appointed to replace Diane Feinstein on an interim basis, while three California Democrats in the House are running for the Senate seat in 2024.
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Democrats can’t really save Kevin McCarthy
It’s exceedingly difficult to see how Democrats could provide the votes to keep McCarthy as speaker in any sustainable way.
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Trump’s understandable surprise at seeing his company in court
It’s not just that the former president subjected his company to unusual scrutiny. It’s also that he could have felt confident that scrutiny wouldn’t matter.
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For Supreme Court, ethics have become the elephant in the courtroom
A new term starts Monday. The justices will confront numerous hot-button cases, while grappling with how to rebuild the public’s trust in their work.
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The history behind a Laphonza Butler Senate appointment
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pick to serve the remainder of Dianne Feinstein’s term is a member of several select historical groups.
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Once seen as the future, Boeing struggles to make a case for Starliner
The executive of the program said the main challenge is “how do I make this into a positive business case, given the market conditions as we see them right now.”
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Who is Laphonza Butler, Dianne Feinstein’s replacement in the Senate?
Butler, the president of Emily’s List, has worked for decades in the labor movement and was an adviser on Kamala D. Harris’s 2020 presidential campaign.
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud ran through Washington, prosecutors say
The FTX founder orchestrated one of the largest ever campaign-finance frauds in an attempt to buy favorable political treatment, prosecutors will argue.
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Biden and UAW’s Shawn Fain forge an uneasy alliance amid labor turmoil
Relations between the president and union leader could affect the nation’s economy--and the next election
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House prepares for next hurdle: Efforts to oust McCarthy as speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz plans to introduce a motion this week to remove McCarthy as House speaker, in a dramatic escalation of the long-simmering tensions between the men.
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Trump Trials: A gun and a gag order
A recap of the latest developments in Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, and what comes next.
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McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to lean on Democrats to avert a shutdown, and GOP senators defied Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Ukraine.
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Biden, Trump visits fall flat for autoworkers girding for long strike
After Biden and Trump passed through Michigan this past week, picketers said they were left fending for themselves and disillusioned with unfulfilled promises from both parties’ likely nominees.
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As Jimmy Carter turns 99, he’s still full of surprises
Seven months after entering hospice, Jimmy Carter defied expectations with his 99th birthday on Sunday.
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How the right’s elevation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could now backfire
Kennedy might run with a third party, which could be bad for the Trump allies who sought to exploit his candidacy and raised his stock on the right.
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Shutdown deal avoids political pain for Republican moderates
GOP lawmakers in districts that Biden won feared damage to their reelection prospects from a shutdown.
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Congress averts government shutdown with last-minute scramble
Lawmakers avoid closing the government, but Ukraine funding — and McCarthy’s position — now may be at risk
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Government shutdown averted after Senate passes bill with just hours to spare
Just hours before a potential government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate passed a roughly 45-day continuing resolution.
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