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Washington Post:
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 …
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Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Jeffries: House stopgap bill ‘total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans’ — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Saturday hailed Democratic efforts in passing a short-term bill to fund the government, calling it a “defeat” for “MAGA Republicans.”
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Associated Press:
Threat of government shutdown ends as Congress passes a temporary funding plan and sends it to Biden — The threat of a federal government shutdown ended late Saturday, hours before a midnight deadline, as Congress approved a temporary funding bill to keep agencies open and sent the measure to President Joe Biden to sign.
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Politico:
‘It is a surrender’: Why McCarthy reversed with his survival uncertain — After Saturday's shocking vote, the speaker all but taunted his critics to come after his gavel if they wanted to. — When he walked into the Capitol on Saturday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy knew exactly what he'd do to stave off …
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Erin B. Logan / Los Angeles Times:
Kevin McCarthy avoided a government shutdown. But the fiasco shows he's weaker than ever — Election 2024,California Politics — Kevin McCarthy's struggle to become House speaker should have been the most embarrassing moment in his political career. The U.S. House of Representatives …
Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Vivek Ramaswamy slams House-passed stopgap measure to fund the government — ANAHEIM, California — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticized a just-passed stopgap measure from the House of Representatives to keep the federal government funded after he finished speaking at the California GOP convention.
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Kayla Guo / New York Times:
How Did the Government Get to a Shutdown, and What Will It Take to Reopen?
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NBC News:
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
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Politico:
Rep. Bowman pulled House fire alarm amid vote chaos — The New York Democratic lawmaker has not immediately responded to a request for comment.
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Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
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.
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Travis Gibson / WJXT-TV:
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 …
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Politico:
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.
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Kara Voght / Washington Post:
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.”
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
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 …
Matt Holt / The Messenger:
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 …
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