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House GOP’s short-term funding deal already pilloried by hard-right Republicans

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 2:55pm
The growing public opposition to the continuing resolution proposed by GOP lawmakers threw cold water on what had been seen as a small victory after a chaotic week for House Republicans.
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Netanyahu asked Musk to denounce antisemitism. Musk deflected.

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 2:35pm
Tech magnate Elon Musk and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting in California to discuss AI as each looks to the other to fend off criticism.
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Trump attacks ‘liberal Jews’ amid celebration of Rosh Hashanah

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 1:09pm
Trump’s post amid the celebration of the Jewish New Year drew sharp criticism, with a leader of a prominent Jewish organization calling it “antisemitic.”
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What do antiabortion groups do about Trump?

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 12:33pm
Trump has now called six-week abortion bans “a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.” But most Republican-controlled states have gone at least that far.
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Non-White Americans are much more confident in democracy

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 11:36am
Polling published by the 19th demonstrates that skepticism of American democracy is strongest among White Republicans.
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Trump, who nominated antiabortion judges, calls six-week bans ‘terrible’

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:59am
In an interview on “Meet the Press,” Trump said he would “sit down with both sides” to work out how to limit abortion access: “Both sides are going to like me.”
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The unchanging malleability of Donald Trump

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 10:26am
Trump’s “Meet the Press” interview exposed the drawbacks and futility of treating him as anything close to normal.
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Hunter Biden sues IRS over disclosures

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 9:39am
Hunter Biden, the president’s son, has filed a lawsuit claiming that the IRS violated his privacy rights as a taxpayer when agents made disclosures to Congress.
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‘Report card’ grading House Republicans on Ukraine aid shows stark split

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 5:00am
The analysis by a conservative group highlights the growing divide between House Republican leadership and some of the most prominent members of the House Freedom Caucus.
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Lawmakers are spending way more to keep themselves safe. Is it enough?

Washington Post Elections - Mon, 09/18/2023 - 4:00am
The increases came as changes in campaign finance rules made it easier to spend campaign dollars on security, a recognition of the nation’s changing threat outlook.
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House Republicans propose short-term funding deal that Senate likely to reject

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 09/17/2023 - 9:34pm
The short-term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, would keep the government running until Oct. 31, but is likely to face opposition in the Senate.
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Running gag

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 09/17/2023 - 5:30pm
Second edition of The Trump Trials, a weekly newsletter on developments in Donald Trump’s four criminal trials.
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Nikki Haley is betting on an electability message to win in 2024

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 09/17/2023 - 6:00am
Nikki Haley casts herself as the only Republican who can beat President Biden. But in a party dominated by Donald Trump, that argument may go only so far.
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The scorched-earth activist trying to take down Hunter Biden

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 09/17/2023 - 5:00am
Garrett Ziegler, an often-provocative former Trump White House staffer, seeks to influence House investigations and the public discussion
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Armed man at RFK Jr. event in Los Angeles is arrested

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 4:42pm
The 44-year-old man who was arrested had a loaded gun and a badge impersonating a U.S. marshal, according to police.
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Kevin McCarthy turns impeachment into political score-settling

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 12:59pm
The House speaker directed an impeachment inquiry into President Biden based on “allegations,” making the process a debasement of what was intended to be a constitutional vehicle to remove a president for malfeasance
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Trump keeps distance from impeachment inquiry while assailing Biden

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:38am
Trump has shown more interest in lobbying to expunge his own impeachments than in the Biden impeachment inquiry.
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Bashing covid boosters, DeSantis contrasts with Trump and worries experts

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:16am
DeSantis’s posture against the shots is at odds with the advice of leading public health officials and experts and shows how he has sought to make his position a 2024 campaign issue.
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Speaker McCarthy steps into the breach as his conference toils

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 7:30am
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has less than 2 weeks two get his conference united around a plan to keep the government open.
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Term limits would upend Congress as we know it

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 5:00am
Americans broadly support term limits for Congress. Here’s how the proposal from Republicans Ted Cruz and Ralph Norman would change Capitol Hill.
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