BY EMILY BROOKS AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday evening floated passing a "clean" continuing resolution without Ukraine aid, marking a clear shift in the possibilities he is willing to consider to avert — or end — a shutdown after being repeatedly undercut by his own party. The Speaker on Friday did not commit to putting such a measure on the floor, and other Republicans leaving a conference meeting said lawmakers are still exploring GOP-only possibilities to bring up for a vote on Saturday. |
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Congress is lurching toward a shutdown that would begin early Sunday morning, with House Republicans battling one another and the Senate moving forward with a bipartisan plan that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has not committed to bringing to a vote in the House. Senators are poised to vote Saturday afternoon on a bill to fund the government until Nov. 17. The legislation includes $6.15 billion for Ukraine and $6 billion for disaster relief. |
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A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as a shutdown this weekend appears increasingly inevitable. More than 20 Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the legislation, bringing the final tally to 232-198. |
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Nearly two dozen House Republicans voted against a short-term government funding bill proposed by Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Friday, part of the ongoing feud between the Speaker and his party's conservative wing. The vote marked an embarrassing defeat for McCarthy as he presses attempts to keep the government running before current funding runs out this weekend. The bill was already expected to fail in the Democratic-controlled Senate. |
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Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith on Friday pushed harder for a gag order that would limit what former President Trump can say publicly, citing his recent posts threatening witnesses in the criminal cases against him. Smith and federal prosecutors initially made the request for a limited gag order earlier this month, seeking to restrict "certain prejudicial extrajudicial statements" from the former president about the case and witnesses. |
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley retired Friday with an impassioned speech that took a swipe at former President Trump, proclaiming that the U.S. military does not swear an oath to a "wannabe dictator." Trump last week accused Milley of "treason" in going behind his back to reassure his Chinese counterpart near the end of his term, suggesting that the Army general should be put to death. |
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is faced with a difficult decision over who will fill the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) seat after her passing Friday at age 90. Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in the Senate, died after three decades in the upper chamber. The pressure is now on Newsom to appoint a replacement to temporarily serve as senator for the Golden State until voters elect their next choice in 2024. |
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BY ALEXANDER BOLTON AND AL WEAVER |
The Senate lost one of its giants when Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) died at her home in Washington, DC, at the age of 90, ending a long, storied political career that helped pave the way for women to rise to new heights of political power in America. Feinstein passed away at age 90 late on Thursday night, only hours after she cast the final vote of her illustrious career, which senators praised and reminisced about during hours of floor speeches throughout Friday. |
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BY ELLA LEE AND ZACH SCHONFELD |
A co-defendant in the sweeping Georgia election interference case involving former President Trump has become the first to plead guilty in the case. Scott Hall, a bail bond business owner, after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of election duties before Judge Scott McAfee at an impromptu hearing Friday afternoon. |
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OPINION | In assessing whether the United States should continue to support Ukraine at current (or even expanded) levels in its fight against Russian aggression, many members of Congress are asking an understandable question: How much longer should we do this? Or, to paraphrase retired General David Petraeus from another conflict, the Iraq War: "Tell me how this ends." There is of course no easy answer to this question. War is almost always unpredictable in its course of events, cost, duration and outcome. But with the all-out war in Ukraine now 19 months old, we should probably view it, tragically, as still a fairly young conflict. |
OPINION | To put a spin on a favorite British saying: I've been asked about productivity and working from home more times than I've had hot dinners. So it's time to review all the evidence and serve up one big answer to the question: Does working from home work? In a nutshell, that answer is "yes." But it's important to understand why. And this is where the data come in. |
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BY DECLAN WALSH, CHRISTOPH KOETTL, ERIC SCHMITT |
From a remote air base in Chad, the Emirates is giving arms and medical treatment to fighters on one side in Sudan's worsening war, officials say. Under the guise of saving refugees, the United Arab Emirates is running an elaborate covert operation to back one side in Sudan's spiraling war -- supplying powerful weapons and drones, treating injured fighters and airlifting the most serious cases to one of its military hospitals, according to a dozen current and former officials from the United States, Europe and several African countries. |
RZESZÓW, Poland—Polish authorities first got wind of a Russian-organized espionage operation targeting a crucial logistics hub for Ukraine's war from an unexpected source: an inebriated man stumbling along spotted a suspicious camera pointed at railroad tracks not far from the local airport. |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday insisted that the residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed a year ago "made their choice — to be with their Fatherland." |
Next year's national elections could be consequential for millennials, born between 1981 and 1996, and members of Generation Z, people born between 1997 and 2012. The generations combined are on track to make up roughly 40 percent of U.S. voters, and their vote could decisively impact election outcomes. |
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