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LISA MASCARO

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It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel

It’s Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over

It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel
News|US

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Republicans have chosen Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana as their latest nominee for House speaker

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
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Mike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos

Republican congressman Mike Johnson of Louisiana has been elected House speaker

Mike Johnson, a staunch Louisiana conservative, is elected House speaker as GOP moves past chaos
News|US

After Biden meeting, new Speaker Johnson says GOP won't abandon Ukraine but will aid Israel first

President Joe Biden has met with new House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House

After Biden meeting, new Speaker Johnson says GOP won't abandon Ukraine but will aid Israel first
Economy|News|Political|US|World

Speaker Mike Johnson signals that Ukraine aid, coupled with border security, is next on GOP agenda

New Speaker Mike Johnson says the U.S. House will consider a fresh aid package for Ukraine, but he wants to link it to more money at home for the U.S. border with Mexico

Speaker Mike Johnson signals that Ukraine aid, coupled with border security, is next on GOP agenda
MidEast|News|World

House approves nearly $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel. Biden vows to veto the GOP approach

The House has approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package for Israel, but without humanitarian assistance for Gaza

House approves nearly $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel. Biden vows to veto the GOP approach
News|Opinion

Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is showing what hardball partisan tactics might come next

Speaker Johnson led House passage of Israel aid. But the hard part comes next in confronting Biden
News|US

Senate Republicans outline border security measures they want as a condition for aiding Ukraine

Senate Republicans have released a sweeping set of U.S. border security proposals as a condition for sending more aid to Ukraine, laying out a draft plan to resume construction on parts of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, curtail humanitarian parole for people who cross into the United States and make it more difficult for migrants to qualify for asylum

Senate Republicans outline border security measures they want as a condition for aiding Ukraine
News|US

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border

There are just 10 days before another potential government shutdown

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress expands to-do list with Ukraine, border
News|US|World

Mitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against Russia

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been increasingly isolated on foreign policy among his GOP colleagues, a growing number of whom have distanced themselves as a matter of course from U.S. involvement abroad -- and particularly on Ukraine

Mitch McConnell, standing apart in a changing GOP, digs in on his decades-long push against Russia
News|Political|US

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help

The House has voted overwhelmingly to prevent a government shutdown

House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help
News|Political|US

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

New House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to rebuild the Republican's slim majority

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy
Economy|News|Political|US|World

The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security

President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other needs is sitting idle in Congress

The debate over Ukraine aid was already complicated. Then it became tangled up in US border security
Americas|News|US

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid

Republican demands to stop the flow of migrants at the Mexico-U.S. border have left Congress scrambling

Congress is eying immigration limits as GOP demands border changes in swap for Biden overseas aid
News|Political|US

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned

The House is making history this year

McCarthy was ditched and Santos expelled. The House is making history, but not as the GOP envisioned
Election|News|Political|US

Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd

Vice President Kamala Harris has set the record for the most Senate tiebreaker votes, topping a nearly 200-year-old mark by casting her 32nd to help confirm a new federal judge in Washington, D

Vice President Harris breaks nearly 200-year-old record for Senate tiebreaker votes, casts her 32nd
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House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson tells fellow Republicans that sweeping changes to U.S. border policy will be their “hill to die on” in negotiations over President Joe Biden’s nearly $106 billion package for the wars in Ukraine and Israel and other security needs

House Speaker Johnson is insisting on sweeping border security changes in a deal for Ukraine aid
Crime|News|US

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history

A new generation of senators is working on gun violence prevention legislation in the aftermath of mass shootings

Senators tackle gun violence anew while Feinstein's ban on assault weapons fades into history
Election|News|US

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet

Retiring Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the ousted House speaker, says he is endorsing Donald Trump for president

Kevin McCarthy endorses Trump for president and would consider serving in his Cabinet
Europe|News|US|World

New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly out of reach as GOP ties it to border security

A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden

New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly out of reach as GOP ties it to border security
News|US|World

Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Americans his country is fighting for “our freedom and yours” as he made an impassioned for Congress to approve more assistance to fight Russia’s invasion

Zelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours
News|US

Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid

Top Biden administration officials are trying to reach a last-minute deal for wartime aid for Ukraine by agreeing to Senate Republican demands to bolster U.S.-Mexico border policies to cut crossings

Biden considers new border and asylum restrictions as he tries to reach Senate deal for Ukraine aid
News|Political|US|World

Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week

Congress is departing Washington without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine

Congress departs without a deal on Ukraine aid and border security, but Senate will work next week
News|US

Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talks

Prominent Democratic Latinos in Congress quietly raised concerns at first about negotiations between the Biden administration and a group of senators over border security and asylum restrictions

Latino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden's concessions in border talks
News|US|World

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants

Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth in military aid for Ukraine and national security

Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants

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