Politics

• Tensions simmer at Supreme Court as justices kick off new term with big cases

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  Justice Sonia Sotomayor seems to have lost respect for her colleagues on the Supreme Court -- literally.

• Pennsylvania governor's voter registration change draws Trump's ire in echo of 2020 election clashes

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  Donald Trump has a familiar target in his sights: Pennsylvania's voting rules.

• Trump is returning to Iowa to campaign Sunday in an area he flipped from Democrats in 2016

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  Former President Donald Trump heads to southeast Iowa Sunday in the middle of a fall campaign push aimed at locking in supporters with large...

• The Supreme Court's new term starts Monday. Here's what you need to know

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  The Supreme Court seems a bit quieter than in recent years, as the justices begin a new term.

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• Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk says change 'is inevitable' as election supporters rally

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  Opposition leader Donald Tusk told supporters that political "change for the better is inevitable" in Poland as he opened a massive march Sunday...

• Rishi Sunak hopes a dash of populism will do the trick to rally flagging Conservatives

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  U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak heads to the governing Conservative Party's annual conference on Sunday facing a triple challenge: Cheer up a party...

• Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents

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  Hidden behind a heavy black curtain in one of the nation's busiest airports is Chicago's unsettling response to a growing population of...

• Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world

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  Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly...

• Shutdown averted: Speaker McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap funding bill easily passes Senate

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  Congress managed to stop a government shutdown with just hours to spare on Saturday, with the Senate giving final approval to a temporary spending...

• McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure

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  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about gaining enough support to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure requiring Democrat votes to pass the...

• House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, bill heads to Senate

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 27

  In an unexpected twist, the House on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill with just hours until a government shutdown with Democrats providing...

• Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on 'tenuous' ground

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 61

  Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference...