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Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week — Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.
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Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust McCarthy for Working With Democrats — A day after the Republican speaker turned to Democrats for help passing a stopgap spending bill to avert a shutdown, the far-right congressman promised to try to remove him from his post.
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House GOP members seek to expel Gaetz amid renewed threat to vacate House Speaker McCarthy — House GOP members are preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. — The House Republican members …
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Playbook: Inside the chess match between McCarthy, Jeffries and Gaetz — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — SPOTTED leaving the Capitol after the House CR vote: House Democratic leaders HAKEEM JEFFRIES, KATHERINE CLARK and PETE AGUILAR all laughing …
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Gaetz's plan to oust McCarthy meets chilly Dem reception — Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wants to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for working across the aisle to stop a government shutdown — but some Democrats are not on board. … - McCarthy responded in a CBS News interview that he will …
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AOC Says She Would ‘Absolutely’ Vote to Oust ‘Very Weak’ Speaker McCarthy — The congresswoman quipped that in attempting to avert a shutdown Republicans were “run[ning] around the House like a Roomba, until they found a door that House Democrats opened” — IN A RARE moment of unity …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Who is this man and what has he done with Kevin McCarthy?
Who is this man and what has he done with Kevin McCarthy?
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Gaetz says he will force vote to oust McCarthy as House speaker
Gaetz says he will force vote to oust McCarthy as House speaker
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses
McCarthy, McConnell suffer setbacks over control of their caucuses
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Inside McCarthy's Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
Inside McCarthy's Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
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Biden says there's ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
Biden says there's ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Gaetz says he'll push to unseat McCarthy this week
Gaetz says he'll push to unseat McCarthy this week
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Sarah Polus / The Hill:
Jeffries: House stopgap bill ‘total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans’
Jeffries: House stopgap bill ‘total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans’
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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight
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Trump Campaign Leaves Actual Birdcage at Nikki Haley's Hotel Door as Part of ‘Birdbrain’ Attack — It's unclear why Trump chose the nickname for the GOP presidential hopeful — A Facebook icon representing an external link to share the article on Facebook.A Twitter icon representing …
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One Reason the Trump Fever Won't Break — The more I consider the challenge posed by Christian nationalism, the more I think most observers and critics are paying too much attention to the wrong group of Christian nationalists. We mainly think of Christian nationalism as a theology or at least as a philosophy.
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Scoop: Rep. Dean Phillips steps down from Dem leadership — Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is stepping down from his role in House Democratic leadership after floating a primary challenge to President Biden. … - “I celebrate Leader Jeffries for his remarkable and principled leadership …
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The Case for Amplifying Trump's Insanity — The “Banality of Crazy” has warped American politics, as few voters recognize just how deranged, delusional, and dangerous Donald Trump is...because the press rarely reports on his routine insanity. … Sometimes, you have to write when you're angry.
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Police are searching for 9-year-old girl abducted from a New York campground — Charlotte Sena was last seen at Moreau Lake State Park in Saratoga County around 6:15 p.m. Saturday. Police believe she's in “imminent danger of serious harm and/or death.” — New York State Police are searching …
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Minnesota Twin Cities marathon canceled due to record-setting heat — Sunday in Minneapolis and St. Paul will be the hottest day of the week with record-setting temperatures possible in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. — The Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon …
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Whistleblower says governor's office illegally altered, withheld records related to podium purchase — An anonymous former state employee came forward Friday claiming to have evidence that the Arkansas governor's office doctored documents and unlawfully withheld financial records …
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Here to Pump You Up (Emotionally) — Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a part of the American landscape for so long that the improbability of his story is all too easy to take for granted: An immigrant bodybuilder from Austria with a long and unwieldy name …
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Fetterman: 'I'm done normalizing this dysfunction' — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday.
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These Republican senators voted against the government funding bill
These Republican senators voted against the government funding bill
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