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Trump order leaves Cuba prisoner deal in limbo
Ichiro Suzuki headlines 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class, receiving 99.7% of the vote
The facts about Trump's Stargate AI announcement
Trump says he is open to Musk buying TikTok if Tesla CEO wants to do so
Chicago Bears hire offensive guru Ben Johnson as head coach
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Trump finds new ways to flex presidential power after returning to White House
President Donald Trump unleashed an unprecedented barrage of executive orders after taking office this week
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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet
The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet
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Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government
President Joe Biden is brushing off the House Republicans' impeachment inquiry
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Angry and frustrated, McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is telling fellow Republicans threatening to oust him: Go ahead and try
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Zelenskyy plans to visit Washington as Congress is debating $24 billion in aid for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected on Capitol Hill and at the White House next week
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Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he tries to press forward with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down
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Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible
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McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won't give up trying to pass a conservative bill to prevent a government shutdown
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Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered an upbeat message to U.S. lawmakers and President Joe Biden in a whirlwind visit to Washington
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Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt
With the collapse of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s latest plan to avert a federal shutdown, lawmakers have left town with no endgame in sight
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White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
The White House has direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded
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Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what they want. But it never seems to be enough.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has turned to a strategy that so far has preserved his tenuous hold on House leadership, but also marked his tenure by chaos
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With House Republicans in turmoil, colleagues implore GOP holdouts not to shut down government
Allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy are working furiously to shore up support for the latest Republican plan to prevent a government shutdown
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Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown
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House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown
The Senate is marching ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown
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House Republicans make their case for Biden impeachment inquiry at first hearing
House Republicans have spent more than six hours making their case for pursuing an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden
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McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open has collapsed
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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday night after Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies open until Nov. 17
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Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been voted out of the job in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history
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Kevin McCarthy was an early architect of the Republican majority that became his downfall
The day before he was ousted, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was doing what he loved — stopping to greet tourists at the Capitol and gushing over its place in American democracy
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A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow Republicans
Republicans are trying to rally around a new House speaker after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster
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How $6 billion in Ukraine aid collapsed in a government funding bill despite big support in Congress
The recent collapse of Ukraine aid in Congress was months in the making
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As Republicans split over who will be House speaker, McCarthy positions himself as a de facto leader
Republicans have no clear idea who will be U.S. House speaker, leaving an unprecedented power vacuum in Congress
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After one week without a House speaker, Republicans appear no closer to choosing a new leader
The House Republican majority is stuck and unable to coalesce around a new speaker
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Republicans nominate Steve Scalise to be House speaker but struggle to unite quickly and elect him
Republicans have nominated Rep. Steve Scalise to be the next House speaker