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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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'It's crazy': Shutdown caps Congress' week from hell — Back in the 1990s, as then-Speaker Gingrich put it, Republicans could at least “afford to have five or six people be idiots.” — Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has never seen a scenario like this week: “Not in real life — in movies.
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How Did the Government Get to a Shutdown, and What Will It Take to Reopen? — Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans. — The federal government is careening toward a shutdown at midnight on Saturday.
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Biden aides are sure Republicans will be blamed for a possible government shutdown — As Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to placate his House Republican conference in the fight over spending, the White House is holding out hope that a bipartisan deal brokered days ago in the Senate can eventually overcome the standoff.
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Judge in Trump racketeering case denies motion to suppress evidence — X — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Friday denied a motion by former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro to toss out emails and memos he wrote detailing a plan to use a Republican slate of electors …
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Trump's attack on Milley fuels special counsel's push for a gag order
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DOJ special counsel cites Trump's targeting of Milley in push for gag order
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Trump floats plan to attend New York trial on business fraud
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Pregnant with no OB-GYNs around: In Idaho, maternity care became a casualty of its abortion ban — After an Idaho hospital closed its obstetrics department, pregnant women in the county have been left without nearby care. Their OB-GYNs fled the state. — If you're pregnant in Bonner County …


The Trump administration touted him as a victim of #MeToo. Now he's accused of dismembering a girlfriend — The gruesome discovery spoke to a ghastly crime. — On the afternoon of July 20, someone using a waterfront trail in Alameda spotted a large garbage bag wrapped in duct tape …
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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 …


IRS contractor charged with stealing Donald Trump's tax returns, which were leaked to press — Federal prosecutors announced charges Friday against a contractor with the Internal Revenue Service who allegedly stole the tax returns of a high-ranking government official.
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IRS consultant charged in leak of tax returns for Trump, wealthy Americans
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UPDATED: IRS consultant charged in massive leak of taxpayer data
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‘Multiple’ people dead after truck crash and ammonia leak lead to evacuation in Illinois — The Friday evening crash involved a semi-truck that started leaking anhydrous ammonia, prompting an evacuation of people within about a one mile radius of the crash, including parts of Teutopolis in south central Illinois.
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A President on a Picket Line — On Tuesday, Joe Biden became the first sitting American president to walk a picket line. Specifically, he joined strikers and spoke briefly outside a General Motors facility in Van Buren Township, Mich., where hundreds of striking autoworkers were demanding …


Trump animates California Republicans with calls to shoot people who rob stores — In an occasionally dark and profane speech, Donald Trump on Friday sought to win over Republicans in California by complaining that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad because they're denied water …
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Trump Wins Delay on Deposition So He Can Attend Fraud Trial
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GOP senators say they won't stop Democrats from replacing Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
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Dress code debate reflects the US Senate's diminished reputation — The debate over the U.S. Senate dress code, spurred by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), is a fight that seems insignificant to most yet reflects how the once vaunted and respected institution of the U.S. Senate has diminished in the eyes of the American people.
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Michigan Republican Party faces financial turmoil, bank records show — Lansing — The Michigan Republican Party had about $35,000 in its bank accounts in August, according to internal records that flash new warning signs about the dire state of the GOP's finances and raise questions …
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With Shutdown Looming, Biden Calls Out Speaker McCarthy for a “Terrible Bargain” With MAGA Republicans — In a wide-ranging video interview being published Sunday, the president also addressed broad threats to democracy, ethical concerns about the Supreme Court and more.
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