
Sen. Chuck Schumer called out House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for trying to "appease" GOP "radicals" with a partisan CR amid a looming federal ... Show more

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy still faces a bloc of conservatives who oppose ...

McCarthy revives immigration battles in bid to shift shutdown blame from GOP feuds

The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to ...

White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding
Quick Glance: White House prepares for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable plan
- Speaker Kevin McCarthy announces that the House will start voting on the latest plan next week.
- The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left without a realistic plan to fund the government and avoid disruptive consequences.
- A federal shutdown after September 30 appears likely unless Speaker Kevin McCarthy can convince his rebellious, right-wing faction to approve a temporary funding measure to prevent closures during ongoing talks.
- The standoff with House Republicans over government funding jeopardizes various activities, including military and law enforcement personnel pay, food safety and aid programs, air travel, and passport processing, potentially causing havoc in the US economy.

More than half of the Democratic caucus has encouraged Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to ...

Menendez, facing more calls to resign, to address fellow Senate Democrats
Quick Glance: Calls for Bob Menendez's Resignation
- Senator Bob Menendez to make first remarks following indictment
- Democratic senators call for Bob Menendez's resignation
- Many Democratic officials in New Jersey also call for Menendez's resignation
- Democratic Representative Andy Kim to challenge Menendez

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told members of the House GOP conference ...

McCarthy told conference he won’t allow vote on Senate stopgap
GOP lawmakers

“That would be something I would look strongly at," Rep. Tim Burchett said.

Tennessee Republican
I might push to oust McCarthy if he makes deal with Dems

"He may have the title, but Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz ...

California Dem calls McCarthy ‘a spectator speaker’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is going all-in on border issues as he takes a second ...

McCarthy goes all-in on border with second GOP stopgap funding attempt

President Joe Biden and his Oval Office predecessor, Donald Trump ...

GOP shutdown politics rock Washington as Trump and Biden head for a swing-state showdown

Senate leaders are grabbing the steering wheel from embattled Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif ...

Senate grabs wheel from House in bid to avoid shutdown

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) indicated on Tuesday he could force a vote on ousting House Speaker ...

Gaetz
‘We will see’ if Democrats bail out our failed Speaker’

A look at Ukraine's counteroffensive from Robotyne to Klishchiivka

Maps of Ukraine counteroffensive and Russian defenses show advances, battle lines
Quick Glance: Polish Politics Shaped by 'Ukraine Fatigue'
- Poland provides leading military assistance to protect Poland from Russian aggression.
- The change in tone of the Polish government regarding Ukraine is surprising.
- There is discussion about the importance of Ukraine's gratitude for Polish support.
- Andrzej Duda compared Ukraine to a drowning man endangering his rescuers.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Sunday she is a “hard no” on two spending ...

Greene a ‘hard no’ on two spending bills after McCarthy flips on Ukraine aid

President Biden on Monday bashed House Republicans for heading ...

Biden suggests Americans should ‘stop electing’ House Republicans if they shut down government
Quick Glance: Biden criticizes congressional Republicans for impending government shutdown
- President Biden urges Republicans in Congress to do their job or not be elected.
- A small group of extreme Republicans in Congress refuses to honor an agreement, potentially affecting all Americans.
- Congress has until September 30 to pass legislation to fund the government and avoid a shutdown.
- Biden calls out Trump for supporting a shutdown and neglecting American families.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday took a step forward on a bipartisan bill meant to stop the ...

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House take dueling tacks on funding

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on This Week accused House Republican renegades of "voting with Nancy Pelosi" as a handful of conservatives in the chamber ... Show more

In 2019, then-Republican House Minority Leader ...

Kevin McCarthy opens impeachment inquiry without passing budget despite once criticizing Democrats for the same
Quick Glance: McCarthy Starts Impeachment Inquiry without Budget, Contradicting Past Criticism
- McCarthy called for the inquiry to appease far-right members of the Republican caucus.
- He previously criticized Democrats for prioritizing impeachment over basic government responsibilities.
- McCarthy expressed concern that impeachment has overtaken congressional work and hindered resources for troops.
- He emphasized the potential consequences of lowering the impeachment standard.

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) brushed off threats to Speaker Kevin ...

GOP moderate scoffs at threats to remove McCarthy from speakership
They ‘have no alternative’

Although administration aides want to avert a shutdown, analysts expect many voters to ...

White House watches House GOP dysfunction as government shutdown nears
Quick Glance: White House monitors House GOP dysfunction as government shutdown approaches
- Biden aides communicate with congressional leaders about extending the federal funding deadline.
- Economists predict moderate growth impact from a government shutdown, followed by potential greater growth.
- The White House acknowledges the possibility of a shutdown, with potential political consequences for the GOP.
- House Republicans are blamed for not adhering to the debt ceiling agreement reached in June.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said he will keep Ukraine aid in the ...

McCarthy backtracks, says he will keep Ukraine aid in Pentagon funding bill

Parts of the government could soon stop working if there is no agreement on the budget ...

Impending budget shutdown
The merciless poker in the US Congress

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

Frost rips into McCarthy, GOP
They ‘care more about themselves and their politics than you’
Quick Glance: Frost criticizes McCarthy and GOP: Self-interests over the people
- Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) strongly criticizes House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), referring to his caucus as a circus unable to gather enough votes for significant legislation.
- McCarthy announces support for an impeachment inquiry.
- Gaetz considers votes to oust McCarthy in recent days.
- Frost points out that McCarthy doesn't even have enough votes for impeachment or to fund the government, and it's unclear if he has enough votes to keep his own job.

At the Kern County Fair this weekend, monster trucks roar in a grandstand, all-Alaskan racing ...

In McCarthy’s home district, allies back him as shutdown looms

The Republican presidential candidate said he has "no interest" in becoming a senator ...

Christie Rules Out Running Against Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez

In America, the fight over the budget rages, a shutdown threatens ...

Looming shutdown in the U.S.
How Republican rebels are blocking the budget.

Rep. Garret Graves, one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ...

McCarthy ally dares critics to push vote ousting speaker, blasts hardliners over possible shutdown

Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Jaime Harrison said he thinks “history will show” ...

DNC chair slams McCarthy as ‘most inept speaker’ in his lifetime

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Sunday that she doesn’t have any ...

‘Not at all’
Maxine Waters says she wouldn’t ‘save’ McCarthy if GOP votes to oust Speaker

The White House is calling the Republicans’ newly-launched ...

What's ahead now that Republicans are opening an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden

The attacks are likely to continue as the Sept ...

'Weak,' 'Lying like a dead dog'
McCarthy faces Republican attacks amid looming shutdown

Republican Tim Burchett described Nancy Pelosi as pretty successful as speaker and said he has doubts about the leadership of current incumbent Kevin McCarthy.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart ...

Brooks and Capehart on the shutdown countdown, Ukraine war support

With just a week before Washington runs out of money to keep the federal ...

Republicans appeal to far-right conservatives to avert US government shutdown

Divided control over chambers of U.S. Congress guarantees neither political party gets everything it wants ...

Long US shutdown is avoidable but seems inevitable
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said Americans should not expect ...

McCarthy
Americans should not expect shutdown, ‘crunch time’ could move holdouts

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is ramping up the pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif ...

Senate Democrats put McCarthy in shutdown squeeze

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday sparred ...

Matt Gaetz, Maria Bartiromo spar over government funding stalemate, Biden probes

House Oversight Committee Republicans plan to hold the first hearing on an ...

House Republicans to hold first impeachment hearing into President Biden next week
Quick Glance: House Republicans to Conduct Initial Hearing on President Biden's Impeachment
- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., plans to hold the first hearing on the impeachment of President Biden next week.
- The hearing will focus on constitutional and legal questions surrounding the president's alleged involvement in corruption and abuse of office.
- The committee also intends to subpoena personal and business bank records of Hunter and James Biden as early as this week.
- The Oversight Committee will continue to follow the evidence and financial transactions to ensure transparency and accountability in government.

U.S. President Joe Biden was firm in his backing of Ukraine as he vowed to keep supporting the country in its war against Russia as he met with Ukrainian ... Show more
Quick Glance: White House threatens veto on two GOP funding bills
- The White House threatens to veto two GOP funding bills as it seeks a way to fund the government and prevent a shutdown.
- The Office of Management and Budget has issued two statements on appropriations bills for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, as well as for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
- The White House argues that the bills violate the spending agreement reached by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in May to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a government default.
- The White House criticizes House Republicans for wasting time with partisan bills that significantly cut discretionary spending below the [Fiscal Responsibility Act] agreement and endanger critical services for the American people.

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, tells our Amna Nawaz that a government shutdown is "100%" likely due to Republican division over a path to fund the ... Show more
Quick Glance: US House Democrat Foresees 'Civil War' Among Republicans as Shutdown Approaches
- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy pledges to hold a vote on the defense spending bill despite opposition from hardline Republicans
- Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate must act to avoid a partial shutdown by Oct. 1
- McCarthy aims to prevent a shutdown on Oct. 1, as it would benefit Democrats
- Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warns of the impact of a shutdown on vulnerable individuals

Congress is returning this week to a ticking clock. Lawmakers have four days to fund the government ...

Congress faces down ticking shutdown clock
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Today’s dissidents are at best ego-driven headline hunters or hopelessly naïve ...

I served in the House for 28 years. It’s now more dysfunctional than ever.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is delivering an ...

Zelenskyy delivers upbeat message to US lawmakers on war progress as some Republican support softens

While the upper chamber has unified around preventing a government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been unable to rally his caucus around the issue.

Exasperated Republican leaders in the House are pointing fingers at the holdouts in their ...

Exasperated GOP leaders vent frustration at holdouts as shutdown nears

he Ukraine is trying to liberate its territory with heavy losses. To do so ...

McCarthy: 'Don't have time'
Republicans cancel Selenskyj speech in Congress

The stopgap measure, which included continued aid for Ukraine, would have faced stiff ...

Kevin McCarthy Kills Bipartisan Senate Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

House Republican leadership told members they can leave Washington on Thursday ...

GOP leadership tells members to go home but be on call amid funding stalemate
The bill would set up a Thanksgiving deadline to fully fund the government.

Senate unveils bipartisan bill to avert government shutdown
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As the October 1st deadline looms, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is looking for progress to avoid a government shutdown.

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Monday the House of Representatives will vote ...

Speaker McCarthy
U.S. House to vote on appropriations measure Tuesday

Any Democratic participation in a plan to stop a shutdown — let alone save the ...

Bipartisan McCarthy bailout talks gaining steam thanks to House chaos

Two of the most extreme legislators in the Republican conference are beefing on ...

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz Both Claim Credit for Biden Impeach

Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), a top ally of Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ...

Key McCarthy ally willing to shut down government over border

The House GOP will return to negotiations over the continuing resolution as a Sept ...

Republicans postpone procedural vote on short-term funding deal

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sidestepped a question Sunday on whether she ...

Ocasio-Cortez sidesteps question on whether she’d vote to oust McCarthy

House GOP erupts as conservatives block defense bill again: To many in the conference, it proved that Speaker Kevin McCarthy has no power to avert a ...
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"Speaker McCarthy is wasting precious time catering to the hard ...

'Total Sh*t Show'
McCarthy Sends Lawmakers Home as GOP Pushes US Toward Shutdown

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is on his third strategy to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the ...

GOP struggles with chaos as shutdown deadline nears

Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), a senior leader among House Democrats ...

Rep. Clyburn criticizes McCarthy amid GOP budget fight
“Like the tail wagging the dog’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy just punted plans to tee up a vote on the House GOP’s doomed short-term spending plan later this week ... Show more

US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on President Joe Biden to agree to tight border restrictions in order to prevent the fourth ... Show more

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said that House GOP feuds over funding the government may end up ...

Raskin says shutdown would end political careers of Gaetz, Greene

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Wednesday sharply criticized her Republican ...

Jayapal slams GOP over looming government shutdown
‘Republicans cannot govern’

As House Republicans remain consumed by turmoil ...

Is a government shutdown coming? Why Republican lawmakers are split on whether to brace for impact

He should hit them where it hurts: their reelection prospects.

Enough is enough. McCarthy must bring the GOP rebels to heel.
Frustrated Republicans are now growing more open to cutting a deal with Democrats.

Centrists plot shutdown Plan B as House GOP flails on spending bills

Hardline conservatives in the House sank a procedural vote on a Pentagon funding bill Tuesday ...

House conservatives sink vote on advancing Pentagon funding bill

House Republicans have turned their efforts to long-term funding, while the Senate will ...

As government shutdown looms just days away, no agreement is in sight

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that if House Republicans remove him ...

McCarthy says if GOP outs him, Biden gets what he wants

Usually, the easiest spending measure to pass for Republicans, the bill to pay for the ...

Shutdown Prospects Grow As House GOP Fumbles Defense Funding Bill
Quick Glance: Republican infighting delays spending bills in US House, shutdown imminent
- Republicans in the US House failed to advance two spending bills.
- A larger division within the Republican majority prevented an agreement on a short-term measure.
- House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was unable to reach a compromise on a short-term measure.
- House and Senate votes must occur within the next two weeks to avoid a shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN that his chamber might have ...

Schumer in talks with McConnell as shutdown fears grow
‘We may now have to go first’

The House and Senate are pushing forward with their own, separate government funding ...

House, Senate push very different plans to avert shutdown
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