Government shutdown hours away as House GOP pitches last-ditch deal  —  Just hours before a government shutdown, the House planned to vote on a measure to keep the government open for 45 days at current spending levels, adding money for U.S. disaster relief but none of the billions of dollars …

McCarthy compares Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a fire alarm to Jan. 6 rioters  —  The fire alarm, which Bowman's office suggested was unintentional, came as Democrats were trying to delay a vote after Republicans rushed to pass the stopgap measure.  —  Rep. Jamal Bowman allegedly pulls fire alarm in House building

Elon Musk crosses the border to Nazi  —  He's blown past blatant antisemitism and is now aligning with Jew-hating, right wing Germans.  What else would you call that?  —  On Thursday I posted on Bluesky that it's been a quiet week for the Jews, and that turned out to be a mistake.

Powerful political player was under investigation in ‘bizarre’ scheme involving Taylor Swift tickets before suicide: SAO  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A powerful political player in Jacksonville who took his own life in an Atlantic Beach parking lot last year was under investigation for a …

House GOP stunner: Spending patch passes with mostly Dem votes  —  “We're tired of f—king around with these whack jobs,” one House Republican said as Kevin McCarthy risked a far-right rebellion aimed at taking his gavel.

The MAGAmerican dream lives in Sarasota  —  On Florida's Gulf Coast, a loose coalition of activists, officials and Trumpworld celebrities is building the world they want to live in  —  There are a few ways to enter Sarasota County's modern conservative paradise, but Vic Mellor led me in through what he calls “the cave of doom.”

Squabbles, missteps and failure to govern: The Republican week that was  —  Republicans offered a kaleidoscopic display of self-inflicted wounds by politicians unwilling to govern responsibly and loath to confront the damage done by Donald Trump  —  There are good weeks and bad weeks …

UK aims to offer military training inside Ukraine, minister says  —  Britain's government wants to deploy military instructors to Ukraine, in addition to training Ukrainian armed forces in Britain or other Western countries as at present, British defence minister Grant Shapps said in a newspaper interview.

Poll: Trump Maintains Commanding Lead After Second GOP Debate (Exclusive)  —  Voters believed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won the debate, but he gained no ground on Trump  —  A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing an external link …

DeSantis Super PAC Cuts Back Iowa, New Hampshire TV Ads in Shift  — DeSantis trails Trump by smaller margin in early-voting states  —  Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's presidential bid, cut more than $530,000 in reserved time on broadcast television stations …