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How the Supreme Court settled on an ethics code — and what it left out
How the U.S. Supreme Court responded to public pressure to issue an ethics code for its nine justices.
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House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown
Keeping the government open presents a major test for new House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has faced competing demands from different factions in his party.
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How each member voted on House stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown
The Washington Post recorded how Republicans and Democrats voted on a short-term government funding bill.
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Trump’s Truth Social faces ‘substantial doubt’ following financial losses
Accountants for Trump’s media start-up say it “has suffered negative cash flows and recurring losses from operations that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue.”
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James Comer is mad someone would abuse the term ‘shell company’
This appears to only apply when the target of the pejorative is himself.
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Aide to Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to defrauding donors
Samuel Miele, aide to Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), pleads guilty to defrauding donors with a fake identity.
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Judge allows Trump on Michigan primary ballot as critics try to bar him
State Judge James Robert Redford wrote that courts do not have authority to determine whether someone is eligible to run for office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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Trump’s most effective inoculation effort centered on Russian influence
New criminal charges in Ukraine targeting someone linked to Rudy Giuliani reinforce the utility of Trump’s blanket rejection of questions about Russia.
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House members emotional after seeing footage of Oct. 7 attack on Israel
About 150 lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, attended the screening of the 40-minute-long video of the attack.
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An ugly scene highlights House GOP’s descent into childish infighting
Former House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) were involved in an alleged physical altercation. The scene comes as the GOP is riven with often-immature personal feuds.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s ‘all in’ for Trump in 2024
Johnson, the second person in line to the presidency and the country’s highest-ranking Republican, is making an unusually early decision to boost Trump.
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Bernie Sanders faces blowback as progressives urge cease-fire in Gaza
Sanders’s status as a progressive icon — known simply as “Bernie” to a generation of voters — has made his current position particularly painful for some who want to see him leading a burgeoning antiwar movement.
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House vote stalls effort to impeach DHS secretary Mayorkas
The vote stalls an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust the Biden Cabinet member because of the administration’s border and immigration policies.
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Shuwanza Goff, Biden’s new Congress liaison, on the spot as shutdown looms
Goff faces her first critical test this week: If Congress and the White House cannot reach a spending deal by midnight Friday, the government will shut down.
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Univision, the Spanish language news giant, shifts its approach to Trump
The presence of corporate executives at Mar a Lago raises alarm among Democrats who are used to Latino media criticism of the former president’s policies.
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House speaker moves past hard-right concerns in effort to avoid government shutdown
Without a stopgap funding plan, the government will shut down at the end of the week.
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Supreme Court, under pressure, issues ethics code specific to justices
The Supreme Court issued a statement of ethics specific to the nine justices after reports of lavish and unreported travel and gifts for some of its members.
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Calls, texts, candidate chats: Trump’s rivals chase support after Scott exits
Even as the GOP field shrinks, it’s unclear that any Trump alternative can consolidate support in a way that seriously challenges him.
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Maryanne Trump Barry, federal judge and Trump’s sister, dies at 86
Frustrated by his presidency, Mrs. Barry called her brother “cruel” in conversations secretly recorded by her niece.
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