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Three in 10 Republicans don’t think the Biden impeachment probe will be fair

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 3:13pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 2:21pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 1:33pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 12:08pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 12:02pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 11:41am
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 9:54am
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 6:00am
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?

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 5:18am
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 5:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 10/02/2023 - 5:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 8:48pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 3:37pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 1:12pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 8:50am
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 10/01/2023 - 5:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 9:35pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 8:31pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 8:30pm
Just hours before a potential government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats in the Senate passed a roughly 45-day continuing resolution.
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