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Senate working to pass short-term government funding bill ‘soon’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate leaders on Wednesday were hoping to take up the short-term government funding bill the House passed Tuesday night — saying they’ll work to get the bill over the finish line [Read More…]

Ethics Committee will not recommend punishment for embattled Rep. George Santos
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Ethics Committee will not recommend any punishment for embattled New York Republican Rep. George Santos in a public report it plans to release later this week after a [Read More…]

Amid tensions, Biden, Xi discuss restoring US-China military communication
Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday were holding their first face-face meeting in more than a year amid tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. Fort [Read More…]

‘Whatever access you need’: How Biden handled early days of classified documents probe
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — When National Archives officials approached attorneys for President Joe Biden in the fall of 2022 seeking access to government records he still had in his possession [Read More…]

Congresswoman said she faced death threats after being attacked in her DC apartment
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Angie Craig’s physical injuries healed relatively quickly after a February assault in her apartment building — but her “mental and emotional” recovery has taken “much [Read More…]

Biden ‘just getting started’ on climate action in response to major new report
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said he will continue to pursue remedies to the threats caused by climate change following the release of the Fifth National Climate Assessment on Tuesday — but [Read More…]

Democrats help Johnson pass GOP bill to avoid government shutdown
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a bipartisan vote, the House has passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a government shutdown just days ahead of a Friday deadline. The final vote was 336-95 with more [Read More…]

Tempers flare at Capitol as McCarthy denies elbowing colleague, senator challenges witness to fight
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Accusations of a former House speaker elbowing a member. A senator challenging a witness to physical fight during a hearing. Two tense moments played out in both chambers on Tuesday — [Read More…]

GOP lawmaker claims Kevin McCarthy elbowed him after meeting, sparking altercation
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership last month, claimed to ABC News that McCarthy elbowed him in the back [Read More…]

Expectations low for high-stakes Biden-Xi summit amid tensions
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to meet Wednesday in the San Francisco area at an undisclosed location for their first face-to-face meeting in a year. The [Read More…]

Sam Miele, fundraiser for Rep. George Santos, pleads guilty to wire fraud
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sam Miele, a fundraiser for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday in connection with impersonating an aide to then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Miele was charged [Read More…]

House to vote on Johnson’s plan to avert shutdown — but he’ll need Democratic support
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote Tuesday afternoon on Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a government shutdown just days ahead of a Friday deadline. But because of opposition from hard-line [Read More…]

Texas House considers bill that authorizes officers to arrest migrants, would be one of strictest immigration laws in US
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas House of Representatives is expected to review on Tuesday what would be one of the strictest immigration laws in the country if passed. SB 4 is [Read More…]

Biden says Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza ‘must be protected’ from Israel-Hamas fighting
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said on Monday he had told Israel he had concerns about conditions at and around the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza where its forces are fighting [Read More…]

House pushes Mayorkas impeachment measure to committee in Monday vote
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives voted Monday night to refer a resolution to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the House Homeland Security committee. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., initiated the [Read More…]

Trump compares political opponents to ‘vermin’ who he will ‘root out,’ alarming historians
Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump vowed this weekend to “root out” his political opponents, who he said “live like vermin” as he warned supporters that America’s greatest threats [Read More…]

GOP candidates on why party keeps losing, Tim Scott exits race and more takeaways you may have missed
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Some of the major Republican candidates not named Trump saw an opportunity in their party’s poor election performances last week: Blame the former president, their biggest rival in the 2024 [Read More…]

With GOP opposition, Speaker Mike Johnson would need Democratic votes to pass plan to avert shutdown
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote Tuesday on a plan newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson has pitched to avert a looming government shutdown — yet enough of [Read More…]

Under ethics pressure, Supreme Court announces it’s adopting code of conduct
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday released a formal “Code of Conduct” for the justices, responding to years of criticism that the nation’s highest court does not have transparent [Read More…]

Tim Scott says he’s suspending his presidential campaign
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican Tim Scott said Sunday night he is suspending his presidential campaign. Scott made the announcement on “Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy” on Fox News. “When I [Read More…]