Washington Times - Politics
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Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world
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...
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Shutdown averted: Speaker McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap funding bill easily passes Senate
Congress managed to stop a government shutdown with just hours to spare on Saturday, with the Senate giving final approval to a temporary spending...
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McCarthy not worried about job after needing Dem votes to pass stop-gap spending measure
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy boasted about gaining enough support to pass a 45-day stopgap spending measure requiring Democrat votes to pass the...
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House passes temporary spending bill to avoid midnight shutdown, bill heads to Senate
In an unexpected twist, the House on Saturday passed a stopgap spending bill with just hours until a government shutdown with Democrats providing...
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Rep. Gaetz says Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on 'tenuous' ground
Rep. Matt Gaetz told reporters Saturday that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's speakership is on shaky ground over a failure to bring his conference...
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Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap bill
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, a member of Congress' far-left Squad, on Saturday allegedly pulled a fire alarm in a House office building to buy fellow...
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Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy's new stopgap bill
House Democrats are scrambling to buy time to figure out their position on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's stopgap bill, using arcane rules to buy...
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Jeffries says that Dems need more time to review new stopgap bill, GOP not 'trustworthy'
Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that members of his conference don't trust the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and need more time to...
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Iowa's two campaigns: Donald Trump's rivals search for paths to stop him as he blazes his own trail
Having stood out in two presidential debates, Nikki Haley has booked her largest venue in Iowa since launching her campaign. She's hoping to fill a...
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McCarthy turns to a 'clean' stopgap bill to avoid a shutdown, puts the ball in the Democrats' court
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is moving forward with a "clean" stopgap spending bill that ditches border policy and spending cuts, saying he tried...
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California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein's replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman
The Democrats' fragile majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to quickly pick a replacement for Sen....
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Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally
Dianne Feinstein once stood at the center of a pivotal moment in LGBTQ+ history. Decades later, in death, she's being lauded by LGBTQ+ leaders as a...