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STEPHEN GROVES

STEPHEN GROVES

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Celebrity|Election|Political|US

Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward

A president’s inaugural address is a time-honored spectacle: A makeshift grandstand is erected next to the Capitol and hundreds of thousands people line the National Mall

Inside the intimate inauguration: Close-up encounters between political rivals, some awkward
Crime|Political|US

Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes

Senate passes immigrant detention bill that could be the first measure Trump signs into law
Election|Political|US

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted is Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s pick to succeed Vice President-elect JD Vance in the U.S. Senate

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate
Crime|Political|US

The Senate advances a migrant detention bill that could be Trump's first law to sign

The Senate is set for an Inauguration Day vote on legislation that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes

The Senate advances a migrant detention bill that could be Trump's first law to sign
Election|Political|US

Key moments from Kristi Noem's hearing for Homeland Security chief

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is promising to be a tough hand in carrying out President-elect Donald Trump's vision for the sprawling Department of Homeland Security including his plans to crack down on border security

Key moments from Kristi Noem's hearing for Homeland Security chief
News|US

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

Biden brushes off House impeachment inquiry and says Republicans want to shut down the government
Health|News|US

No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise returns to the Capitol after his blood cancer diagnosis

Rep. Steve Scalise has returned to the U.S. Capitol for the first time since being diagnosed with a blood cancer known as multiple myeloma

No. 2 House Republican Steve Scalise returns to the Capitol after his blood cancer diagnosis
News|US|World

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

Zelenskyy plans to visit Washington as Congress is debating $24 billion in aid for Ukraine
News|US

The Senate's bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House

The United States is at risk of another damaging government shutdown, potentially as soon as the end of September

The Senate's bipartisan approach to government funding is putting pressure on a divided House
News|US

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

Speaker McCarthy is running out of options to stop a shutdown as conservatives balk at a new plan
News|US

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

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
News|US

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

McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options
News|Political|US

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

Government shutdown risk spikes as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revolt
News|US

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

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
Business|News|US

A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?

A U.S. government shutdown would have disrupted many services that Americans rely on and squeezed federal workers

A government shutdown is averted for now with a temporary funding bill. What happens in a shutdown?
News|US

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

Speaker McCarthy is giving hard-right Republicans what they want. But it never seems to be enough.
News

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

Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
News|Political|US

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

House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown
News|Political

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is digging in on his refusal to take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal government fully running beyond midnight Saturday

McCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that averts a shutdown
News|Political|US

The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown

The House is in a familiar position with little time left to prevent a government shutdown: It's effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy

The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's spiraling into a shutdown
News|US

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

McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
News|Political|US

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

Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
News|Opinion|US

House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington

Republican California congressman Kevin McCarthy's ouster from the speaker role has left the House of Representatives roiling

House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington
News|US

McCarthy's ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader

The stunning removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker has left the House adrift

McCarthy's ouster leaves the House adrift as divided Republicans seek to unite behind a new leader
Economy|News|US

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

A look at the contenders for House speaker and the demands they're facing from fellow Republicans

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