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'We're ungovernable': House Republicans nix votes on two funding bills as shutdown deadline nears — Funding to keep the government open is set to expire on Nov. 17, and there's no deal on how to avoid it. — WASHINGTON — House Republicans closed out the week by canceling votes …
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Playbook PM: Another GOP spending bill goes poof — Governing just isn't getting any easier for new House Speaker MIKE JOHNSON. — The House GOP's plan to pass a host of conservative, budget-slashing spending bills hit yet another pothole this morning, with leaders officially shelving …
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‘No, screw him’: Top Democrat balks at Tuberville push to move abortion debate to defense bill
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
House GOP pulls second funding bill in a week
House GOP pulls second funding bill in a week
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The public doesn't understand the risks of a Trump victory. That's the media's fault — With democracy in the balance, the press must relay the crucial importance of this election and the dangers of a Trump win — Whatever doubts you may have about public-opinion polls, one recent example should not be dismissed.
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Echoes of Jan. 6 committee as Jack Smith foreshadows plan to tie Trump to Capitol riot — Donald Trump doesn't want prosecutors to talk about Jan. 6. They want to make it central to their case. — When Donald Trump faces a jury on charges stemming from his bid to subvert the 2020 election …
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Trump was defeated twice in one week
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Judge Uses Eye-Opening Impeachment Analogy for Michael Cohen's Testimony That Trump Spoke in Code
Judge Uses Eye-Opening Impeachment Analogy for Michael Cohen's Testimony That Trump Spoke in Code
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Frogs Boiled: What Trump is Planning for a Second Term
Frogs Boiled: What Trump is Planning for a Second Term
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not seek reelection — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced Thursday he would not seek reelection in 2024, leaving the door open for Republicans to flip a seat in a solidly red state. — “After months of deliberation and long conversations with my family …
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Joe Manchin says he won't seek re-election in 2024 — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va) announced Thursday that he is not seeking re-election in West Virginia next year. … - Manchin is widely viewed as the only Democrat who could win a statewide contest in the red state.
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Manchin won't seek reelection in West Virginia — Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced Thursday that he will not seek reelection to the Senate in 2024, almost certainly handing Republicans a seat in next year's elections in a deep red state. — “After months of deliberation and long conversations …
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The Supreme Court dismantled Roe. States are restoring it one by one. — Support for abortion cuts across party lines, performing significantly better at the ballot box than Biden and other Democrats. — Issue 1 supporters cheer as they watch election results come in, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Columbus Ohio.
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Democrats Dominated Suburbs on Election Night, a Potential Preview of 2024
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Tuesday Was Great for Democrats. It Doesn't Change the Outlook for 2024.
Tuesday Was Great for Democrats. It Doesn't Change the Outlook for 2024.
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Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break From Democracy — This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. — It wasn't clear at first why Peter Thiel agreed to talk to me.
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James Comer, Like Joe Biden, Also Paid His Brother $200K — James Comer is going after Joe Biden because he loaned his brother, James Biden, $200,000. If that's the standard, James Comer may want to investigate himself. … Pay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding.
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Broken Borders: AP & Reuters Pictures of Hamas Atrocities Raise Ethical Questions — On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured …
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Israel-Hamas war: Daily pauses in Gaza fighting will begin — Israeli forces have severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory setting the stage for an expected push into the dense confines of Gaza City and an even bloodier phase of the month-old war.
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Readers respond to a Hamas cartoon — Editor's note: As editor of the opinion section, I am responsible for what appears in its pages and on its screens. The section depends on my judgment. A cartoon we published by Michael Ramirez on the war in Gaza, a cartoon whose publication I approved, was seen by many readers as racist.
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Judge crushes ATF AR-15 gun ban — A federal judge late Wednesday gave millions of gun owners breathing room when he slammed the Biden administration's effort to ban a big slice of the AR-15 market. — U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk blocked the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco …
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McSally says she was sexually assaulted during run — Former Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) said she was sexually assaulted Wednesday during a run along the Missouri River on the border of Nebraska and Iowa. — “I am OK,” McSally said in a video shared to Instagram after the run, while she was “still in an adrenaline state.”
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Former Sen. Martha McSally describes sexual assault near Omaha, Neb.
Former Sen. Martha McSally describes sexual assault near Omaha, Neb.
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Gruesome Footage of Oct. 7 Hamas Atrocities Screens in Hollywood Under Heavy Guard — On Wednesday night, with a sizable security presence and protesters audible through the walls, some 200 members of the industry screened ‘Bearing Witness,’ comprising 43 minutes of uncensored footage, at the Museum of Tolerance in West L.A.
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She saw Trump coming in 2016 better than anyone. What does Salena Zito see for 2024? — If you've heard the phrase about how you should take former President Donald Trump “seriously but not literally,” you can thank Salena Zito. The reporter from Pittsburgh coined the incisive observation …
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Please get Ramaswamy off my TV, and other debate thoughts — Is there anyone who isn't annoyed to death by this guy? … The third of four Republican presidential debates didn't change the trajectory of a race that Donald Trump will win, barring shocking developments.
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Swing State 2024 Polling: Biden Trails Trump in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Leads Trump in Michigan — Home Polls Swing State 2024 Polling: Biden Trails Trump in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, Leads Trump in Michigan
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Voters Want Anyone but Trump or Biden
Voters Want Anyone but Trump or Biden
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Exclusive: Trump defends family separation, warns ‘weaponized’ government could target his opponents, in Univision sitdown — The Scoop — Former President Donald Trump talked about turning “weaponized” government against his political opponents, defended his family separation policy …
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Resign if you cannot follow the Constitution? Great idea. — A telling incident occurred in the Missouri governor's race this month. After a hearing in the Western District Court of Appeals, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, a Republican candidate for governor …
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