Washington Times - Politics

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

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 47

  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

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 106

  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

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 34

  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 43

  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

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 77

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

• Democratic lawmaker suspected of pulling fire alarm to delay vote on McCarthy's 'clean' stopgap bill

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 37

  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...

• Democrats take floor, stall for time while parsing through McCarthy's new stopgap bill

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 52

  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...

• Jeffries says that Dems need more time to review new stopgap bill, GOP not 'trustworthy'

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 69

  Democrat Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said that members of his conference don't trust the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and need more time to...

• Iowa's two campaigns: Donald Trump's rivals search for paths to stop him as he blazes his own trail

  1-10-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 34

  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...

• McCarthy turns to a 'clean' stopgap bill to avoid a shutdown, puts the ball in the Democrats' court

  30-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 67

  House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is moving forward with a "clean" stopgap spending bill that ditches border policy and spending cuts, saying he tried...

• California Gov. Newsom will pick Feinstein's replacement. He pledged in past to choose a Black woman

  30-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 106

  The Democrats' fragile majority in the U.S. Senate puts extra pressure on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to quickly pick a replacement for Sen....

• Dianne Feinstein was at the center of a key LGBTQ+ moment. She's being lauded as an evolving ally

  30-9-2023 Politics Washington Times - Politics 83

  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...